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Arthroplasty vs Replacement - What's the difference?

arthroplasty | replacement |

As nouns the difference between arthroplasty and replacement

is that arthroplasty is the surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement while replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

arthroplasty

English

Noun

(wikipedia arthroplasty) (arthroplasties)
  • (surgery) The surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement.
  • replacement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Kevin Darlin , title=West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.}}
  • The act of replacing something.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * overreplacement * subreplacement
    See also
    * spare part