Arthroplasty vs Replacement - What's the difference?
arthroplasty | replacement |
(surgery) The surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement.
A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
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The act of replacing something.
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
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(wikipedia arthroplasty) (arthroplasties)replacement
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(en noun)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.}}