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unicortical

unicortical adjective: synonym of monocortical.

Adjective

unicortical (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of monocortical.
    • This biomechanical study was able to demonstrate that 75 % distal screw length can provide similar primary stability as unicortical 100 % distal screw length in VLPO.2015 September 8, Sebastian F. Baumbach et al., “The influence of distal screw length on the primary stability of volar plate osteosynthesis—a biomechanical study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery...
    Synonyms:
    monocortical

Synonyms of unicortical

Origin of unicortical

From uni- + cortical.

Questions about unicortical

What does unicortical mean?
Unicortical means synonym of monocortical.
What part of speech is unicortical?
Unicortical is an adjective.

Words near unicortical in the dictionary

  1. unicorns
  2. unicornuate
  3. unicornuted
  4. unicorny
  5. unicoronal
  6. unicortical
  7. unicortically
  8. unicostate
  9. UNICRI
  10. unicritical
  11. unicryptal

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