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treatment > surgery > implantation

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implantation  

Definition

  • An implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing biological structure, support a damaged biological structure, or enhance an existing biological structure. Medical implants are man-made devices, in contrast to a transplant, which is a transplanted biomedical tissue.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/INS-T93GSGTJ-H

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