English Explanatory Dictionary

vertebroplasty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medical procedure where bone cement is injected percutaneously into a fractured vertebra with the goal of relieving the pain of vertebral compression fractures.

Word forms

vertebroplasty vertebroplasties

Etymology

From vertebro- + -plasty.

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