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Immobilization

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of preventing a thing from moving. countable, uncountable

    "The broken bones were able to heal, thanks to the immobilization of her leg in a cast."

  2. 2
    the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement wordnet
  3. 3
    The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing wordnet

Etymology

From French immobilisation or im- + mobilization or immobilize + -ation.

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