Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
bone transplantation
bone trans·plan·ta·tion
Subclass of:
Tissue Transplantation; Orthopedic Procedures
Definitions related to bone transplantation:
  • (bone graft) A surgical procedure to replace missing or severely damaged bone with healthy, viable bone tissue.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The grafting of bone from a donor site to a recipient site.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Transference of a bony tissue or bones, within an individual, between individuals of the same species, or between individuals of different species.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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