immobilization

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Noun

immobilization

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.

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

Antonyms

• mobilization

Translations

• French: immobilisation
• Italian: immobilizzazione
• Portuguese: imobilização
• Spanish: inmovilización

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