Definition of "fixator" [fixator]

• Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint (noun)

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• "He has had surgery to remove the fixator, but needs extensive physical therapy to build the leg back up."
• "I still have something on my leg called an Ilizarov external fixator [to mend, lengthen and reshape] the tibia ... between your ankle bone and your knee ...."
• "An external fixator is bolted to her leg in six places, preventing her from playing her favorite game Double Dutch, but she says she only has one wish: to go back to school."