Replacement vs Hemiarthroplasty - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between replacement and hemiarthroplasty is that replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute while hemiarthroplasty is (surgery) the replacement of one surface of a joint with artificial material.
replacement
English
Noun
(en noun )
A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
* {{quote-news
, 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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hemiarthroplasty
English
Noun
(wikipedia hemiarthroplasty )
(hemiarthroplasties)
(surgery) The replacement of one surface of a joint with artificial material
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