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 glottis
false goatsbeard
false gromwell
false haematuria
false hair
false harmonic
false harmonics
false heather
false hellebore
false hermaphrodite
false hypertrophy
false image
false imprisonment
false indigo
false joint (current term)
false killer whale
false killer whales
false knots
false labor
false labour
false lily of the valley
false lupine
false macula
false mallow
false membrane
false memory syndrome
false mildew
false mistletoe

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