osseointegration
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant (typically a prosthetic limb), typically made of titanium
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
From osseo- + integration.