Usually means: Breaking of bone for correction.
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  1. osteoclasis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. osteoclasis: Collins English Dictionary
  3. osteoclasis: Vocabulary.com
  4. osteoclasis: Wordnik
  5. osteoclasis: Wiktionary
  6. osteoclasis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. osteoclasis: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. osteoclasis: Dictionary.com
  9. Osteoclasis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. osteoclasis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. osteoclasis: Rhymezone
  12. Osteoclasis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. osteoclasis: FreeDictionary.org
  14. osteoclasis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. osteoclasis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. osteoclasis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. osteoclasis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. osteoclasis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Osteoclasis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. osteoclasis: Medical dictionary
  6. Osteoclasis: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (osteoclasis)

▸ noun:  (medicine) The surgical fracture of a bone in order to correct a deformity

Similar:
osteoclasy, osteoclast, osteoclasia, diaclasis, osteosynthesis, osteotomy, osteocope, osteodistraction, arthroclasia, osteosuture, more...

Opposite:
osteogenesis, bone formation, ossification

Adjectives:
manual, closed, percutaneous, active, normal

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Similar:
osteoclasy, osteoclast, osteoclasia, diaclasis, osteosynthesis, osteotomy, osteocope, osteodistraction, arthroclasia, osteosuture, more...

Opposite:
osteogenesis, bone formation, ossification

Adjectives:
manual, closed, percutaneous, active, normal



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