immobilizzazione

immobilisation

noun eem-moh-bee-leed-dzah-TSYOH-neh Less Common

Usage Note

Immobilizzazione has two main uses: in medicine, immobilising a limb or patient (immobilizzazione del paziente), and in accounting, fixed or long-term assets (immobilizzazioni materiali = tangible fixed assets). The double 'm' is held briefly in speech. The verb is immobilizzare.

Examples

"Il medico ha prescritto l'immobilizzazione del braccio."

Natural Translation

The doctor prescribed immobilisation of the arm.

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