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.
Primary Meanings of pole. 1  n a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic. 2  n a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting. 3  v propel with a pole. 4  v support on poles. 5  v deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole. 6  n one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere.