Medical Term:
construct
Pronunciation: kon′strukt
Definition:
- The combination of a bone graft, metal instrumentation, prosthetic devices, and/or bone cement applied to a specific level of the skeleton in the course of reconstructive or fracture surgery.
- In psychiatry/psychology, a set of related ideas used to define, understand, and assess a given phenomenon.
See: construct validity
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