Kienbock dislocation

Kien·böck dis·lo·ca·tion

(kēn'bĕrk dis'lō-kā'shŭn)

Dislocation of the lunate bone.

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Kienböck,

Robert, Austrian radiologist, 1871-1953.

Kienböck atrophy - acute atrophy of bone in an extremity following inflammation.

Kienböck disease - osteolysis of the lunate bone following trauma to the wrist. Synonym(s): lunatomalacia

Kienböck dislocation - dislocation of semilunar bone.

Kienböck unit - an obsolete unit of x-ray dosage equivalent to 1/10 the erythema dose.

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