Alloderm is an ECM Biomaterial marketed by LifeCell Corporation that is used in reconstructive and dental surgeries; it is derived from skin taken from donated cadavers. Alloderm has been used to reconstruct breasts experimentally after breast cancer surgery.
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.: a telephone pole; a fishing pole. 2. Northeastern U.S. a long, tapering piece of wood or other material that extends from the front axle of a vehicle between the animals drawing it. 3. Nautical. a light spar. that part of a mast between the uppermost standing rigging and the truck.
proper noun. 1  The North Pole is the place on the surface of the earth which is farthest towards the north. 2  the northernmost point on the earth's axis, at a latitude of 90Â°N. 3  the point of intersection of the earth's extended axis and the northern half of the celestial sphere, lying about 1Â° from Polaris.