bioscaffold

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English

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Etymology

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bio- +‎ scaffold

Noun

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bioscaffold (plural bioscaffolds)

  1. (surgery, medicine) A naturally derived or artificial structure, implanted in the body, on which tissue grows in the form of a missing or damaged organ etc.; the process being called tissue engineering