Dictionary

immobilization en · NOUN

Etymology

From French immobilisation or im- + mobilization or immobilize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.
   • We are also extracting DNA, both from blood collected during immobilizations and from hyena feces. 2011 June 21, Kay E. Holekamp, “Why Study Hyenas?”, in The New York Times:
   • Treatment of an acute occult dislocation of the ankle consists of immobilization in a snugly fitting plaster-of-paris cast, with little padding. 1954 February 15, D. Keith Millett, Myron O. Henry, “Occult Ankle Dislocations”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 93:
   • The broken bones were able to heal, thanks to the immobilization of her leg in a cast.
2. (countable, qualifier:soil science, uncountable) The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants.

Forms

Antonyms

mobilization

Deriveds

nanoimmobilization · cryoimmobilization · photoimmobilization

Translations (11)

pt imobilização (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · sk imobilizácia (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · pl unieruchamianie (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · ca immobilització (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · pl unieruchomienie (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · it immobilizzazione (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · fr immobilisation (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · es inmovilización (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · sh imobilizacija (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · gl inmobilización (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving) · ru иммобилизация (the act or process of preventing a thing from moving)