English Explanatory Dictionary

kyphoplasty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material.

Word forms

kyphoplasty kyphoplasties

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós) + -plasty.

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