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語源

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

名詞

immobilization (countable and uncountable, plural immobilizations)

1. 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.

   • 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:

     Treatment of an acute occult dislocation of the ankle consists of immobilization in a snugly fitting plaster-of-paris cast, with little padding.

   • 2011 June 21, Kay E. Holekamp, “Why Study Hyenas?”, in The New York Times‎:

     We are also extracting DNA, both from blood collected during immobilizations and from hyena feces.

2. (soil science) The process in which organic soil matter is decomposed and absorbed by microorganisms, and thus not available to plants.

反意語

• mobilization

派生語