As nouns the difference between scaffold and osteoconduction
is that scaffold is a structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building while osteoconduction is (medicine) physical, three-dimensional scaffold or matrix to facilitate bone repair.
As a verb scaffold
is to set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
scaffold
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.
An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
(metalworking) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
Derived terms
* go to the scaffold
* send to the scaffold
* superscaffold, superscaffolding
Verb
(
en verb)
To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
Derived terms
* scaffoldage
* scaffolder
* scaffolding
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osteoconduction
English
Noun
(-)
(medicine) Physical, three-dimensional scaffold or matrix to facilitate bone repair.
(medical) The process by which bone grows on a surface. This is a passive process.
References
*Robert Gunzburg, M. Szpalski, and N. Passuti The Use of Bone Substitutes in Spine Surgery: A State of the Art Review . Springer:2002, p. 12 [http://books.google.com/books?id=tpU-ZTeXABoC&pg=PA12&dq=Osteoconduction&ei=RzIxR8jrJJLasgP3rKS5AQ&sig=1Tp-8MrXp9iyuMrWuoScgIjv8LE]
