neocartilage

English

Etymology

From neo- +‎ cartilage.

Noun

neocartilage (usually uncountable, plural neocartilages)

1. newly-formed cartilage
   • 2015 July 15, Peter Succar et al., “Alterations in the Secretome of Clinically Relevant Preparations of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cocultured with Hyaluronan”, in Stem Cells International‎, volume 2015, →DOI:

     Surgeons have experimented with possible combination therapies; most notably Lee et al. showed in a porcine model using histopathological observation that injection of bone marrow-derived MSCs suspended in Hyaluronan (Hylan G-F 20: Synvisc) could home to the site of injury, adhere, proliferate, and lead to neocartilage formation.

Related terms

• neocartilaginous