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