osteoclasy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The surgical fracture and resetting of a bone.

Word forms

osteoclasy osteoclasies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek κλάσις (klásis, “breaking”).

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