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fix⋅a⋅tor

  [fik-sey-ter]
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–noun
a device incorporating a metal bar and pins that is used in stabilizing difficult bone fractures.
Also, fix⋅at⋅er.

Origin:
1870–75; fix + -ator
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Main Entry: fix·a·tor
Pronunciation: 'fik-"sA-t&r
Function: noun
: a muscle that stabilizes or fixes a part of the body to which a musclein the process of moving another part is attached
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fixator fix·a·tor (fĭk'sā'tər, fĭk-sā'tər)
n.
A device that provides rigid immobilization of a fractured bone by means of rods attached to pins that are placed in or through the bone.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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