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osteoclasis

osteoclasis \os`te*o*cla"sis\, n. [NL. See Osteoclast.] (Surg.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.

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osteoclasis

n. (context medicine English) The surgical fracture of a bone in order to correct a deformity

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osteoclasis

n. treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone