false joint

British  

noun

1. a nontechnical name for pseudoarthrosis

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Example Sentences

If Canning has surgery, a screw would be inserted to stabilize the false joint created by the stress reaction in his back.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2022

If Canning decides on surgery, he would undergo a procedure in which a screw would be inserted to stabilize the false joint created by the stress reaction.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2022

When a bone is broken and does not unite, the ends are absorbed and rounded, so that a false joint is formed; or if the ends unite, but overlap, the projecting parts are removed.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles

Failures and misfortunes are always more than possible, and instead of a solid and practicable bony union the sequel of the accident is sometimes a false joint, composed of mere flexible cartilage, a poor pseudarthrosis.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Delayed union, want of union, and the formation of a false joint have already been referred to.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander