metallosis
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Noun[edit]
metallosis (uncountable)
- (medicine) An abnormal buildup of metallic debris in the body occurring when metallic components in medical implants undergo corrosion.
- 1958, Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom:
- Sometimes, although a metal splinter is present in the bulb, there are reasons to believe that metallosis is not bound to develop.
- 1981, Simon Sevitt, Bone Repair and Fracture Healing in Man, page 285:
- Clinical effects stem from metallosis in tissues around the corroding implant.
- 1987, James Alan Rand, Total Arthroplasty of the Knee:
- Buchert et al reported metallosis associated with the failure of two undersized, porous-coated Austin Moore prostheses and suggested that the metallosis occurred because of fretting between the substrate and the loose beads.
- 2006, Arne Ernst, Head and Neck Trauma: An Interdisciplinary Approach, page 213:
- Intercellular and intracellular deposition of corrosion products is referred to as metallosis.
- 2003, Allen Ho, Retina: Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology:
- Serial electroretinograms should be considered for retained metallic foreign bodies to evaluate for toxic metallosis.