mosaicplasty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The harvesting and transplanting of many small cylindrical osteochondral plugs from the less weight-bearing periphery of the patellofemoral area and inserting them into drilled tunnels in the defective section of cartilage

Word forms

mosaicplasty mosaicplasties

Etymology

From mosaic + -plasty.

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