arthrodesis


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arthrodesis /ɑːˈθrɒdɪsɪs/
noun surgical immobilization of a joint by fusion of the bones.
– origin early 20th cent.: from arthro- + Gk desis ‘binding together’.
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