immobilization

Etymology
From or  or.

Noun

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

Translations

 * Catalan: immobilització
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 * Polish:, unieruchamianie
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 * Slovak: imobilizácia
 * Spanish: inmovilización