IMMOBILIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immobilization mean? 

• IMMOBILIZATION (noun)
  The noun IMMOBILIZATION has 2 senses:

1. fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing

2. the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement

  Familiarity information: IMMOBILIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMOBILIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

immobilisation; immobilization

Context example:

immobilization of the injured knee was necessary

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

preservation; saving (the activity of protecting something from loss or danger)

Derivation:

immobilize (to hold fast or prevent from moving)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

immobilisation; immobilization; immobilizing

Context example:

the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team

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

restraint (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something)

Derivation:

immobilize (cause to be unable to move)

 Context examples 

Ultraviolet light-induced DNA damage causes a transient immobilization of ERCC1/XPF to engage the complex in a single repair event.

(DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical fixation or immobilization of a joint, performed to allow bones to fuse or join together.

(Arthrodesis, NCI Thesaurus)

Ultraviolet light-induced DNA damage causes a transient immobilization of ERCC4/ERCC1 due to engagement of the complex in a single repair event after assembly of individual nucleotide excision repair factors at sites of DNA damage in a distributive fashion.

(DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-4, NCI Thesaurus)