immobilize
[im-mo´bil-īz] to render incapable of being moved, as by a cast.
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im·mo·bi·lize
(i-mō'bi-līz), To render fixed or incapable of moving.
[L. in- neg. + mobilis, movable]
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immobilize
(ĭ-mō′bə-līz′)tr.v. immobi·lized,
immobi·lizing,
immobi·lizes To fix the position of (a joint or fractured limb), as with a splint or cast.
im·mo′bi·li·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
im·mo′bi·liz′er n.
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