saucerization
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[saw″ser-ĭ-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 that has suffered a compression fracture.
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sau·cer·i·za·tion
(saw'sĕr-i-zā'shŭn),Excavation of tissue to form a shallow depression, performed in wound treatment to facilitate drainage from infected areas.
Synonym(s): craterization
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saucerization
Orthopedics A flattened, disciform defect that parallels the shaft of long bones, which may be seen on a plain film, punctuated by microcalcifications; saucerized bone defects are typical of fibrosarcoma of bone Surgery Saucerization biopsy, see there.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
sau·cer·i·za·tion
(saw'sĕr-ī-zā'shŭn)Excavation of tissue to form a shallow depression, performed in wound treatment to facilitate drainage from infected areas.
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sau·cer·i·za·tion
(saw'sĕr-ī-zā'shŭn)Excavation of tissue to form a shallow depression, performed in wound treatment to facilitate drainage from infected areas.
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