Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mosaicplasty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mo-saic-plas-ty
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Following this logic, multiple treatment options including microfracture, mosaicplasty, and autologous chondrocyte implantation have been explored [3 ]."

Etymology

From mosaic + -plasty.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mosaic

Inflected Forms

mosaicplasties (plural)

Questions

What does mosaicplasty mean?: 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
Where does mosaicplasty come from?: From mosaic + -plasty.

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