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Noun: osteoclasis  ,ós-tee'ó-klu-sis
  1. Treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone
    "Osteoclasis was performed to correct the patient's severe bow-leggedness"

Derived forms: osteoclasises

Type of: intervention, treatment