Term: immobilization: fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: patching: the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: dry-gulching: the act of killing from ambush
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: ringneck snake: any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: operator gene: a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: sound bow: contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: company: a social gathering of guests or companions
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: tyrannicide: killing a tyrant
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: british capacity unit: a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: rack of lamb: a roast of the rib section of lamb
Broader: preservation: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Unrelated: proctoscopy: visual examination of the rectum and the end of the colon by means of a proctoscope