ARTHROPLASTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arthroplasty mean? 

• ARTHROPLASTY (noun)
  The noun ARTHROPLASTY has 1 sense:

1. surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint

  Familiarity information: ARTHROPLASTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTHROPLASTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("arthroplasty" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arthroplasty"):

arthrodesis (the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion)

 Context examples 

Also called: Hip arthroplasty, Hip prosthesis

(Hip Replacement, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)