varize

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verb

To produce a medial angulation of the distal segment of a bone or joint.

Scrabble 18

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verbvarize (third-person singular simple present varizes, present participle varizing, simple past and past participle varized)

present singular third person varizes · participle present varizing · participle past varized · past varized · alternative varise

  1. transitivemedicineTo produce a medial angulation of the distal segment of a bone or joint.

    The single segmental femoral head allograft measured 5 × 3 cm and was conical in shape. It was trimmed to have a firm press fit leaving the graft approximately equal to 1.5 mm proud. No fixation was employed (Fig. 2). A varizing proximal osteotomy was performed 6 months after allografting.

    1998 August, P. L. Fitzpatrick, D. A. F. Morgan, “Fresh osteochondral allografts: A 6–10-year review”, in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, volume 68, number 8, →DOI, page 574

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