immobilization
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French immobilisation or im- + mobilization or immobilize + -ation.
Noun
immobilization (countable and uncountable, plural immobilizations)
- The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.
- The broken bones were able to heal, thanks to the immobilization of her leg in a cast.
- (soil science) The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants.
Antonyms
Translations
the act or process of preventing a thing from moving
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