| intramedullary | 1. Within the bone marrow. 2. Within the spinal cord. 3. Within the medulla oblongata. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intramedullary anaesthesia | Rarely used method of general anaesthesia by injection of intravenous anaesthetic agent(s) into the medullary canal of long bones. Synonym: intraosseous anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intramedullary mass | <radiology> Ependymoma, astrocytoma, syrinx, post-radiation myelopathy, haematoma (posttraumatic or AVM) (12 Dec 1998) |
| intramedullary reamer | A rasp used for shaping the intramedullary portion of the metaphysis prior to the insertion of an appliance or a prosthesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intramedullary tractotomy | Division of the descending fibres of the trigeminal tract in the medulla. Synonym: intramedullary tractotomy, Sjoqvist tractotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone graft | Bone transplanted from a donor site to a recipient site. See: osteoplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone within a bone | <radiology> STOP heavy metal, S: sickle cell disease, T: Thorotrast, O: osteopetrosis, P: Paget's disease, heavy metals, hypervitaminosis D (12 Dec 1998) |
| accordion graft | A skin graft in which multiple slits have been made, so it can be stretched to cover a large area. Synonym: mesh graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adipodermal graft | A dermal graft with attached subcutaneous fat. Synonym: adipodermal graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allogeneic graft | <haematology> Grafts between two or more individuals allogeneic at one or more loci (usually with reference to histocompatibility loci). As opposed to autograft and xenograft. (18 Nov 1997) |
| anastomosed graft | A graft in which circulation is established by surgical anastomoses of blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| animal graft | A graft of tissue from an animal to a human. Synonym: animal graft, zooplastic graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| augmentation graft | A graft of material used to increase the size, shape, or volume of a structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autodermic graft | A skin autograft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autogeneic graft | <procedure> Graft taken from one part of the body and placed in another site on the same individual. (02 Jan 1998) |