malunion

English

Etymology

mal- +‎ union

Noun

malunion (countable and uncountable, plural malunions)

  1. (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
    • 2015 July 4, Benjamin Bockmann et al., “Mid-term results of a less-invasive locking plate fixation method for proximal humeral fractures: a prospective observational study”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders‎, volume 16, →DOI:
      Thus, relevant mid-term complications, such as humeral head necrosis, malunion and nonunion may not have been detected.

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