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saucerization

 [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.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

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.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

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.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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