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mosaicplasty en · NOUN

Etymology

From mosaic + -plasty.

Meanings

  1. The harvesting and transplanting of many small cylindrical osteochondral plugs from the less weight-bearing periphery of the patellofemoral area and inserting them into drilled tunnels in the defective section of cartilage
    • Following this logic, multiple treatment options including microfracture, mosaicplasty, and autologous chondrocyte implantation have been explored [3 ]. 2015 July 30, “Cold Atmospheric Plasma Modified Electrospun Scaffolds with Embedded Microspheres for Improved Cartilage Regeneration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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mosaicplasties Number=Plur lexicographic