Organ or Tissue Function
osseointegration
Subclass of:
Bone Regeneration
Definitions related to osseointegration:
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A process in which bone heals around an implant to create a stable anchor.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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The growth action of bone tissue as it assimilates surgically implanted devices or prostheses to be used as either replacement parts (e.g., hip) or as anchors (e.g., endosseous dental implants).NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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