Medical Definition of Bone substitutes

1. Synthetic or natural materials for the replacement of bones or bone tissue. They include hard tissue replacement polymers, natural coral, hydroxyapatite, beta-tricalcium phosphate, and various other biomaterials. The bone substitutes as inert materials can be incorporated into surrounding tissue or gradually replaced by original tissue. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bone Substitutes

bone oil
bone phosphate
bone plate
bone plates
bone reflex
bone regeneration
bone remodeling
bone resorption
bone scan
bone scan: falsely negative metastases
bone sclerosis
bone sensibility
bone spavin
bone structure
bone structures
bone substitutes (current term)
bone tissue
bone transplantation
bone tumour
bone up
bone wax
bone wires
bone within a bone
boneache
boneaches
boneblack
boneblacks
boned
boned up
bonedigger

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