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chondroprotection

chondroprotection noun: chondroprotective activity.

Noun

chondroprotection (uncountable)

  1. chondroprotective activity
    • In a study of the effects of MSC in a caprine model of traumatic osteoarthritis it was showed that intra-articular delivery of autologous cells to meniscectomized joints resulted in significant meniscal and regeneration and chondroprotection.2015 August 2, J.-F. Stoltz et al., “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality of the 21th^([sic]) Century”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin of chondroprotection

From chondro- + protection.

Questions about chondroprotection

What does chondroprotection mean?
Chondroprotection means chondroprotective activity.
What part of speech is chondroprotection?
Chondroprotection is a noun.

Words near chondroprotection in the dictionary

  1. chondroprogenitors
  2. chondroprotect
  3. chondroprotectant
  4. chondroprotectants
  5. chondroprotected
  6. chondroprotection
  7. chondroprotective
  8. chondroprotein
  9. chondroproteins
  10. chondropterygian
  11. chondropterygians

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