osteoclasis

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osteoclasis /os·te·oc·la·sis/ (os″te-ok´lah-sis) surgical fracture or refracture of bones.

os·te·oc·la·sis (

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n. pl. os·te·oc·la·ses (-s

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1. The process of dissolution and resorption of bony tissue.

2. Surgical fracture of a bone performed to correct a deformity. Also called diaclasis.

osteoclasis

[os′tē·ōk′ləsis]

the intentional surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity. Also called osteoclasty.

osteoclasis [os″te-ok´lah-sis]

surgical fracture or refracture of a bone.

osteoclasis

surgical fracture or refracture of a bone.

osteoclasis

Orthopedics The intentional breaking of a bone–eg, one in which the fracture line is malformed

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