The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.
Use in sentences of IMPACTION
Meaning of IMPACTION in English
The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip.
An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast.