biocompatible
/ˌbʌɪəʊkəmˈpatɪb(ə)l
/adjective
(Especially of material used in surgical implants) not harmful or toxic to living tissue.In recent years, PIP has helped develop titanium-coated breast implants, which it says makes the implants more biocompatible....
- The implantable materials are biocompatible, non-biodegradable implants which are designed for stabilization in soft tissue through the ingrowth of fibrous tissue after implantation.
- Implants are biocompatible - meaning they're designed to be accepted by your body - and they're made to resist corrosion, degradation and wear.
Derivatives
biocompatibility
- Nitinol provides shape memory, high elasticity, biocompatibility, and MRI compatibility.
- The material has passed the ISO 10993-1 biocompatibility test for medical implants.
- The present work, showed that the white clay had good biocompatibility when implanted into the craniofacial bones of dogs.
Rhymes
- thanx
- thar
- Thar Desert
- Tharp, Twyla
- that
- thataway
- thatch
- thatcher
- Thatcherism
- Thatcherite
- Thatcher, Margaret
- Thatcher's child
- that does it!
- that is as may be
- that is (or that is to say)
- that is to say
- that makes two of us
- that one could cut with a knife
- that (or the) ship has sailed
- that's about it
- that's about the size of it
- that said
- that's an idea
- that's as maybe
- that's a thought!