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Definition of Artificial joint
1. Noun. A metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Artificial Joint
Literary usage of Artificial joint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1883)
"artificial joint in the femur, suggested the application of this principle to
the lower jaw. With the intention of putting tins plan into execution at a ..."
2. The North American Medical and Surgical Journal by Hugh L Hodge, Franklin Bache, Charles D Meigs, Benjamin Hornor Coates, R La Roche (1826)
"artificial joint cured by Caustic. ... the caustic potash to the extremities of
the fragments of a broken tibia, after an artificial joint had fully formed. ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1827)
"He does not seem to be aware that Ambrose Pare used it in that form of inflammation
which is caused by phlebotomy. Treatment of artificial joint by Excision ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1854)
"... of course premising that due allowance be made for the room required by the
artificial joint, which does not exceed a space of five inches for the knee. ..."
5. The London Medical and Physical Journal (1828)
"In this cane, a wound of an inch long was made upon the external part of the
tibia down to the artificial joint, and a tape being previously passed through ..."
6. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1838)
"The patient upon whom this operation was performed enjoyed the use of his artificial
joint for six years; during which period he pursued a business (trunk- ..."
7. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1854)
"... of course premising that due allowance be made for the room required by the
artificial joint, which does not exceed a space of five inches for the knee. ..."
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