单词 | bone bank |
释义 | > as lemmasbone bank bone bank n. (a) a facility that stores bone for use in surgical procedures (cf. blood bank n. at blood n. Compounds 5); (b) the bones or bone tissue regarded as a repository of calcium and other minerals needed in physiological processes. ΚΠ 1945 Mil. Surgeon Mar. 257/1 Bone banks are less common but have proven successful. 1962 T. W. Torrey Morphogenesis Vertebr. xii. 224 One case is found in birds where calcium for the egg shell is drawn from the bone bank. 2012 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 17 Oct. 18 The not-for-profit Bone Bank accepts donations of bone and tissue from hip surgery patients which would otherwise be destroyed. 2015 J. Turley & J. Thompson Nutrition vi. 260 It is advantageous to build your calcium bone bank, or maximize your bone mineral density early in life. < as lemmas |
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