biocompatible
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- adjective
- /ˌbaɪoʊkəmˈpætəbl/
- Specialized
- The magnetic nanoparticles are usually iron-based compounds called ferric oxide, which is coated with a biocompatible surface, sometimes using, for example, fatty acids, to ensure stability during the transport of particles through the body.
- biocompatible material
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Examples
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The new heart valve is made from a biocompatible material that is safe for human tissue.
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For actual therapeutic use, biocompatible and biodegradable polymer particles would be needed.
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Well, once the electronics are built, they definitely need to be made biocompatible.
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It's one of the most inert and biocompatible materials available to designers.
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In addition to being durable and sterilizable, the materials had to be biocompatible.
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The end goal here is the growing of a biocompatible piece of tissue to repair or replace a patient's own damaged body part, such as bone, cartilage, blood vessels, or skin.
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The electrode performance criteria included: biocompatible material (17) that was noncorrosive and did not cause tissue damage (14, 18, 19).
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The Artelon spacer has been shown to be biocompatible, unlike the silicone and Gore-Tex interpositional materials.
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The quintessential tissue filler should be easy to administer, nonimmunogenic, biocompatible, predictably permanent, identical in texture to surrounding tissue, and affordable.
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To be considered an ideal implant, it must be adequately stable when implanted, provide an adequate functional range of motion, evenly distribute stress across the joint, and be biocompatible and durable (5).
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Antonyms
How Biocompatible
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Morphology
biocompatible = compatible (semi-transparent) = bio + compat + ible
Adding bio- to compatible gives the straightforward meaning 'compatible with living tissue or cells'.
Etymology
Biocompatible combines bio- meaning 'life', like in biology, and compatible meaning 'able to live or work together'. So something biocompatible 'gets along with' living tissue and can be used in the body without causing harm.