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osteodistraction

noun

Etymology

From osteo- + distraction.

  1. derived from distractio
  2. borrowed from distraction
  3. prefixed as osteodistraction — “osteo + distraction”

Definitions

  1. The surgical correction of skeletal deformities by the lengthening of bones

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