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noun the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρθρον (ắrthron)der. New Latinder. English arthro- English -desis English arthrodesis From arthro- + -desis.
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