immobilization
pronunciation
How to pronounce immobilization in British English:
UK [ɪˌməʊbəlaɪ'zeɪʃn]
How to pronounce immobilization in American English:
US [ɪˌmoʊbəlaɪ'zeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing
- the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement
Word Origin
- immobilization (n.)
- 1846, noun of action from immobilize.
Example
- 1. Immobilization of catalase on oxidized cotton fabric .
- 2. Two immobilization methods widely used are physical adsorption and chemical binding .
- 3. Immobilization of the radionuclides from spent ion exchange resins using vitrification .
- 4. Prehospital cervical spine immobilization may have negatively affected patients with vascular and airway injuries .
- 5. Effects of the enzyme immobilization supports and substrates on immobilizing mushroom tyrosinase and kinetic parameters analysis .