inveterated

English

Adjective

inveterated (not comparable)

1. (medicine, of an injury or condition) No longer fresh or recent.
   • 1859, Emil Noeggerath, Contributions to midwifery, and diseases of women and children, page 361:

     "... herb, and extr. bellad. aa. gr. 4, 2, 3, or 4 times a day, was generally successful, even in inveterated cases."

   • 1996, C. Gerber et al., “Latissimus dorsi transfer for the treatment of irreparable tears of the rotator cuff”, in The Cuff, →ISBN, page 366:

     "One case had to undergo re-operation because of severe subscapularis deficiency after repair of a complete, inveterated tear. "

   • 2000, W.A. Grana, “Acute Ankle Injuries”, in The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, →ISBN, page 236:

     "This is, in fact, the same principle shown by Stener (1962) in his study of inveterated ruptures of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb,..."

Translations

no longer fresh

• Spanish: inveterado (es)

Verb

inveterated

1. simple past and past participle of inveterate