Artificial vs Osseointegration - What's the difference?
artificial | osseointegration |
Man-made; of artifice.
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False, misleading.
Unnatural.
The direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant, typically made of titanium.
As an adjective artificial
is man-made; of artifice.As a noun osseointegration is
the direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant, typically made of titanium.artificial
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(en adjective)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.}}