1. Making movable; restoring the power of motion in a joint. 2. The act or the result of the act of mobilizing; exciting a hitherto quiescent process into physiologic activity. SEE ALSO: mobilize. 3. The process by which a conjugative plastid brings about the transfer from one cell to another of DNA.
- stapes m. an operation to remobilize the footplate of the stapes to relieve conductive hearing impairment caused by its immobilization through otosclerosis or other middle ear disease.
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mo·bi·li·za·tion also Brit mo·bi·li·sa·tion .mō-bə-lə-'zā-shən n
1) the act or process of mobilizing <\mobilization of glycogen>
2) the state of being mobilized
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mo·bi·li·za·tion (mo″bĭ-lĭ-zaґshən) the process of making a fixed part or stored substance mobile, as by separating a part from surrounding structures to make it accessible for an operative procedure or by causing release into the circulation for body use of a substance stored in the body.Medical dictionary. 2011.