English Explanatory Dictionary

Wolff's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The rule that bone in a healthy person or animal will adapt to the loads under which it is placed, becoming stronger to resist that sort of loading.

Word forms

Wolff's law

Etymology

Developed by the German anatomist and surgeon Julius Wolff (1836–1902).

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