"osteoconduction" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English conduction English osteoconduction From osteo- + conduction. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|osteo-|conduction|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English conduction English osteoconduction [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bone", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃ésth₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ὀστέον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "osteo-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "conduction", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "osteoconduction", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="osteoconduction"> From osteo- + conduction. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} osteoconduction (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) Physical, three-dimensional scaffold or matrix to facilitate bone repair. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-osteoconduction-en-noun-jqHebffX Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) The passive process by which bone grows on a surface. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-osteoconduction-en-noun-JSfO~uRy Categories (other): Medicine, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with osteo-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with osteo-: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 86 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: osteoconductive, osteoconductor
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