整せい復ふく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

reposition; reduction

Medical term for restoring a dislocated joint or fractured bone to its normal position. Often used in the phrase 整復術 (repositioning procedure).

• 医い師しは脱だっ臼きゅうした肩かたを整せい復ふくした。

  The doctor reduced the dislocated shoulder.

• 骨こっ折せつの整せい復ふくには麻ま酔すいが必ひつ要ような場ば合あいがある。

  Reduction of a fracture may require anesthesia.