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osseointegrate

osseointegrate verb: 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).

Verb

osseointegrate (third-person singular simple present osseointegrates, present participle osseointegrating, simple past and past participle osseointegrated)

  1. 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).

Forms of osseointegrate

third-person singular presentosseointegrates
present participleosseointegrating
past participleosseointegrated
pastosseointegrated

Origin of osseointegrate

From osseo- + integrate.

Questions about osseointegrate

What does osseointegrate mean?
Osseointegrate means 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).
What part of speech is osseointegrate?
Osseointegrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of osseointegrate?
The past tense of osseointegrate is osseointegrated.

Words near osseointegrate in the dictionary

  1. osseocartilaginous
  2. osseoconductivity
  3. osseodensification
  4. osseoinduction
  5. osseoinductivity
  6. osseointegrate
  7. osseointegrated
  8. osseointegrates
  9. osseointegrating
  10. osseointegration
  11. osseointegrations

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