Medical Definition of False joint

1. A pathologic entity characterised by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal callus leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of False Joint

false gavial
false glottis
false glottis
false goatsbeard
false gromwell
false haematuria
false hair
false heather
false hellebore
false hellebore
false hermaphroditism
false hypertrophy
false image
false imprisonment
false indigo
false joint (current term)
false knots
false labor
false labour
false lily of the valley
false lupine
false macula
false mallow
false masturbation
false membrane
false mildew
false mistletoe
false miterwort
false mitrewort
false mole

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