English

Alternative forms

• immobilisation

Noun

immobilization ‎(countable and uncountable, plural immobilizations)

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.

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