Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The adaptation or adjustment of parts to one another.
- noun In surgery, the act of placing the broken extremities of a bone in their natural position, or of restoring a luxated bone to its place; bone-setting.
- noun In anatomy, a kind of gliding articulation of one bone with another, as that of the patella with the femur.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The bringing together of two parts to form a seamless whole; used especially of a dislocated joint or a broken bone
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Examples
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In other words, the operator, grasping the limb below the fracture, draws it down or away from the trunk, while he seeks not to draw away, but simply to hold the upper portion still until the broken ends of bone are brought to their natural relative positions, when the coaptation, which is thus effected, has only to be made permanent by the proper dressings to perfect the reduction.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Harding approved entirely, and it was decided that the two wounds should be dressed without attempting to close them by immediate coaptation.
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Harding approved entirely, and it was decided that the two wounds should be dressed without attempting to close them by immediate coaptation.
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If the snake is an emblem of jealousy, then it is the idea jealousy that organizes the “coaptation” of the snake for this symbolic purpose.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas ANGUS FLETCHER 1968
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They are a vigorous and active stock, a scion of abundant vitality, coaptation of the freshly cut cambium layers and prevention of desiccation.
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Either of two slender bones extending from the upper part of the sternum (breastbone) to the shoulder. coaptation
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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-- Reduction of femoral fracture in the horse is practically impossible, and retaining the broken bones in coaptation is not possible by means of mechanical appliances.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Frequent readjustment may be necessary, and time is well spent in this manner since this contributes materially toward a favorable termination by encouraging the subject to remain quiet so that coaptation of the broken bones may be maintained.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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_ -- To ensure accurate reduction and coaptation, a general anæsthetic is usually necessary.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The fragments having been freed, and any shortening of the limb corrected in this way, the broken ends are moulded into position -- a process termed _coaptation_.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
whichbe commented on the word coaptation
Joining or fitting together. (from Phrontistery)
May 25, 2008