Arthroplasty vs Replacement - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between arthroplasty and replacement is that arthroplasty is (surgery) the surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement while replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
arthroplasty
English
Noun
(wikipedia arthroplasty )
(arthroplasties)
(surgery) The surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement.
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replacement
English
Noun
(en noun )
A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
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, year=2010
, date=December 28
, author=Kevin Darlin
, title=West Brom 1 – 3 Blackburn
, work=BBC
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, passage=Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action – pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.}}
The act of replacing something.
Derived terms
* overreplacement
* subreplacement
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