SPINAL FUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spinal fusion mean? 

• SPINAL FUSION (noun)
  The noun SPINAL FUSION has 1 sense:

1. correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization

  Familiarity information: SPINAL FUSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPINAL FUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fusion; spinal fusion

Hypernyms ("spinal fusion" is a kind of...):

correction (treatment of a specific defect)