HyperDic: spinal_fusion

English > 1 sense of the expression *spinal fusion*:
NOUN	act	spinal fusion, fusion	correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae

English > *spinal fusion*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization.
Synonym	fusion
Broader	correction	treatment of a specific defect