malunion

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ union.

Noun

malunion (countable and uncountable, plural malunions)

1. (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).

   Coordinate term: disunion

   Near-synonym: misunion (sometimes synonymous)

   • 2015 July 4, Benjamin Bockmann et al., “Mid-term results of a less-invasive locking plate fixation method for proximal humeral fractures: a prospective observational study”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders‎, volume 16, →DOI:

     Thus, relevant mid-term complications, such as humeral head necrosis, malunion and nonunion may not have been detected.

Anagrams

• aluminon