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osteoconduction

osteoconduction noun: physical, three-dimensional scaffold or matrix to facilitate bone repair.

Noun

osteoconduction (uncountable)

  1. Physical, three-dimensional scaffold or matrix to facilitate bone repair.
  2. The passive process by which bone grows on a surface.

Origin of osteoconduction

From osteo- + conduction.

Questions about osteoconduction

What does osteoconduction mean?
Osteoconduction means physical, three-dimensional scaffold or matrix to facilitate bone repair.
What part of speech is osteoconduction?
Osteoconduction is a noun.

Words near osteoconduction in the dictionary

  1. osteocolla
  2. osteocompatibility
  3. osteocompatible
  4. osteocompetent
  5. osteoconductance
  6. osteoconduction
  7. osteoconductive
  8. osteoconductivity
  9. osteoconductor
  10. osteocope
  11. osteocopes

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