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.
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of magnetic pole): negative magnetic pole; negative pole; south-seeking pole (the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely). north-seeking pole; positive magnetic pole; positive pole (the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely). Holonyms (magnetic pole is a part of...): magnet ((physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field).