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United

United (pronounced: yoo-nahy-tid) is a term often used in the medical field, particularly in the context of healing or joining together. It is derived from the Latin word "unitus", meaning "to join together".

Definition

In a medical context, United refers to the process where broken bones or tissues are healed and joined together. This is often used in the context of fracture healing, where the broken bone parts are said to be united once the healing process is complete.

Related Terms

  • Fracture: A break in the continuity of the bone.
  • Healing: The process of restoration of health from an unbalanced, diseased, damaged or unvitalized organism.
  • Bone: The rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton in animals.
  • Tissue: An ensemble of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same origin that together carry out a specific function.

Usage in Medical Context

The term United is often used in orthopedics, a branch of medicine dealing with the correction of deformities of bones or muscles. For example, in the case of a bone fracture, the doctor might say "The fracture has united" to indicate that the broken bone has healed and joined together.

Etymology

The term United is derived from the Latin word "unitus", which means "to join together". It is a combination of the prefix "un-", meaning "together", and the root word "itus", meaning "gone, traveled". This reflects the process where the broken parts of a bone or tissue come together and heal.

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