Definition. the surgical repair of a bone or bones (oste/o means bone, and-plasty means surgical repair). Term. osteoporotic hip fracture (oss-tee-oh-pah-ROT-ick). Definition. usually caused by weakening of the bones due to osteoporosis and can occur either spontaneously or as the result of a fall.
Ken Fraser caught the worldâs biggest Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia back on October 26, 1979. He landed the 1,496 pound fish in an impressive 45 minutes, and has been basking in the glory ever since.
The biggest recorded blue whale was a female in the Antarctic Ocean that was 30.5 m long (more than 3.5 times the length of a double-decker bus and as long as a Boeing 737plane) with an estimated weight of 144 tonnes (almost the same as 2,000 men!).