immobilization
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From immobilize + -ation
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia 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.
