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Definition of Immobilization
1. Noun. Fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing. "Immobilization of the injured knee was necessary"
Generic synonyms: Preservation, Saving
Derivative terms: Immobilise, Immobilize
2. Noun. The act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement. "The storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team"
Generic synonyms: Restraint
Derivative terms: Immobilise, Immobilize, Immobilize, Immobilize
Definition of Immobilization
1. Noun. The act or process of preventing a thing from moving. ¹
2. Noun. (context: soil science) The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Immobilization
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Immobilization
1. The act of rendering whole or part of the body immobile, whether accidental or deliberate. This also refers to the state of immobility. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immobilization
Literary usage of Immobilization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility: Exploring a Russian by Glenn E. Schweitzer, A. Chelsea Sharber (2005)
"Plans call for introducing them into stable immobilization matrices that would
... The quest for high-level waste immobilization matrices began in the 1950s ..."
2. Abstracts of War Surgery: An Abstract of the War Literature of General by United States Surgeon-General's Office, Surgeon-General's Office, United States (1918)
"PRACTICAL POINTS ON THE USE OF immobilization IN WAR SURGERY. ... Conditions met
in war which demand immobilization may be roughly classed as (a) fractures, ..."
3. The Treatment of Wounds: Its Principles and Practice, General and Special by Lewis Stephen Pilcher (1883)
"... part The means by which rest is to be obtained, include Position, Compression,
immobilization, Infrequent and Careful Dressings, and Anodynes. POSITION. ..."
4. Transactions of the Colorado State Medical Society by Colorado State Medical Society (1895)
"to get good immobilization. The reason, in so simple a splint, is, ... It gives
as perfect immobilization as any long traction splint can when the main stem ..."
5. Surgical Diseases and Surgery of the Dog by Cecil French (1906)
"immobilization OF THE JAWS WITH THE SPECULUM. For protracted examination and some
operations it is necessary to secure immobilization of the jaws by ..."
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