also  pseu*do*ar*thro*sis  n, pl  -thro*ses   :  an abnormal union formed by fibrous tissue between parts of a bone that has fractured usu. spontaneously due to congenital weakness - called also false joint  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pseudoarthrosis 
 
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