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Stabilize vs Kyphoplasty - What's the difference?

stabilize | kyphoplasty |

As a verb stabilize

is to make stable.

As a noun kyphoplasty is

a medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material.

stabilize

English

Alternative forms

* stabilise (UK)

Verb

(stabiliz)
  • To make stable.
    • Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
  • To become stable.
    • The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

    Related terms

    * stabilizer * stabilization

    kyphoplasty

    English

    Noun

    (kyphoplasties) (wikipedia kyphoplasty)
  • (surgery) A medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material.