📚 noun • entry_id 30624
immobilization
Meanings (ES + gloss)
inmovilización
The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.
The broken bones were able to heal, thanks to the immobilization of her leg in a cast.
Treatment of an acute occult dislocation of the ankle consists of immobilization in a snugly fitting plaster-of-paris cast, with little padding.
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