microfracture surgery

noun

An articular cartilage repair surgical technique that works by creating tiny fractures in the underlying bone.

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Meanings

nounmicrofracture surgery (countable and uncountable, plural microfracture surgeries)

plural microfracture surgeries

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAn articular cartilage repair surgical technique that works by creating tiny fractures in the underlying bone.
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