immobilization
nounEtymology From French immobilisation or im- + mobilization or immobilize + -ation.
1
The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.
- The broken bones were able to heal, thanks to the immobilization of her leg in a cast.
- Treatment of an acute occult dislocation of the ankle consists of immobilization in a snugly fitting plaster-of-paris cast, with little padding.1954 February 15, D. Keith Millett, Myron O. Henry, “Occult Ankle Dislocations”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 93:
1 more example
- We are also extracting DNA, both from blood collected during immobilizations and from hyena feces.2011 June 21, Kay E. Holekamp, “Why Study Hyenas?”, in The New York Times:
2
The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants.
- Antonyms
- mobilization
- Derived terms
- cryoimmobilization, nanoimmobilization, photoimmobilization