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Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Biocompatible Materials > Bone Substitutes
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Biocompatible Materials > Bone Substitutes

Preferred term

Bone Substitutes  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Bone Replacement Material
  • Bone Replacement Materials
  • Bone Substitute
  • Material, Bone Replacement
  • Materials, Bone Replacement
  • Replacement Material, Bone
  • Replacement Materials, Bone
  • Substitute, Bone
  • Substitutes, Bone

Note

  • IM; coord with specific bone (IM) if relevant + substitute material (IM) if significant

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 95

In other languages

  • luunkorvikkeet

    Finnish

  • keinoluu
  • keinoluut
  • luukorvike
  • luukorvikkeet
  • luun korvike
  • luun korvikemateriaali
  • luun korvikemateriaalit
  • luun korvikkeet
  • luunkorvike
  • luunkorvikemateriaali
  • luunkorvikemateriaalit
  • tekoluu
  • tekoluut
  • Benersättningsmedel

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018786

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