saucerization

saucerization /sau·cer·iza·tion/ (saw?ser-i-za´shun)

1. the excavation of tissue to form a shallow shelving depression, usually performed to facilitate drainage from infected areas of bone.

2. the shallow saucer-like depression on the upper surface of a vertebra which has suffered a compression fracture.

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sau·cer·i·za·tion (sôsr--zshn)

n.

Surgical excavation of tissue to form a shallow depression to facilitate drainage from infected areas of a wound.

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saucerization (sôs´rizā´shn),

n an excavation of the tissue of a wound to form a shallow, saucerlike depression.

saucerization, pericervical,

n the circular bone resorption that occurs about the necks of endosteal implants shortly after their insertion and continues slowly during the time of the implant's biologic presence.

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saucerization

1. the excavation of tissue to form a shallow shelving depression, usually performed to facilitate drainage from infected areas of bone.

2. the shallow saucer-like depression on the anterior surface of a vertebra which has suffered a compression fracture.