artificial joint
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- noun
- /ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃəl dʒɔɪnt/
- Specialized
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articulación artificial
- "Orthopedic surgeons have been putting stainless steel pins and artificial joints in people for fifty years.
Examples
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When the knee is completely destroyed, it can be replaced with an artificial joint to restore mobility.
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Researchers can calculate when and how a patient's artificial joint will wear.
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Doctors would use the software to predict how a patient's new joint will likely wear and how tissue will respond to the artificial joint.
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Biocompatible artificial joints
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Normally, the metal parts that make up the artificial joints are removed several months after being implanted, after the fractured bone has fused and healed.
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For people who have been stricken with arthritis or who have fractured bones in accidents and falls, artificial joints are a godsend.
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Though none of the patients had problems such as a loosening of the artificial joint or absorption of surrounding bone, some patients reported they couldn't move their lower jaws properly, which affected normal jaw motions like chewing.
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Hips and other artificial joints are most often used to relieve pain in patients suffering from osteoarthritis.
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As knee replacement technology continues to advance, artificial joints offer hope for a pain-free future.
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Morphology
The meaning 'a man-made replacement for a natural joint' is directly and compositionally derived from 'artificial' (man-made) + 'joint' (point where bones articulate). This is a transparent noun-noun construction commonly used in medical contexts and easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the two constituent words.
Etymology
Artificial joint: The name artificial joint combines artificial (made by people) and joint (where two bones meet). Picture a metal hinge put in to 'replace' a broken door part — the same idea is a man-made part put into the body to 'replace' a damaged hip or knee, so it means a joint put in by surgery.