Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ilizarov apparatus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: ilizarov ap-pa-ra-tus
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device used in surgical procedures to lengthen or reshape limb bones; to treat complex and/or open bone fractures; and in cases of infected non-unions of bones that are not amenable to other techniques.

Etymology

Named after the orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Ilizarov, who pioneered the technique.

Inflected Forms

Ilizarov apparatuses (plural)

Questions

What does ilizarov apparatus mean?: A device used in surgical procedures to lengthen or reshape limb bones; to treat complex and/or open bone fractures; and in cases of infected non-unions of bones that are not amenable to other techniques.
Where does ilizarov apparatus come from?: Named after the orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Ilizarov, who pioneered the technique.

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