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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

osteoclasis \os`te*o*cla"sis\, n. [NL. See Osteoclast.]
   (Surg.)
   The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct
   deformity.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

osteoclasis
    n 1: treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally
         fracturing a bone