living bandage

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a method of treating severe burns or other skin injuries in which cultured cells grown from a sample of the patient's own skin are applied to the wound in order to stimulate new cell growth and avoid problems of graft rejection

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Words nearby living bandage

liveyer, Livia Drusilla, livid, lividity, living, living bandage, living bank, living daylights, living death, living fossil, living history

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Example sentences from the Web for living bandage

Patrick Klugman, the deputy mayor of Paris, said: “We are living our kind of 9/11,” he said.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But as an American creating a new brand here, and living the daily life of the souk, he seems to be in a league of his own.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A single father, he had been living abroad and returned when his mother was diagnosed with cancer.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

For those living in poor communities in particular, interactions with police rarely come with good news and a smile.
How to Solve the Policing Crisis|Keli Goff|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To be so humbled in the knowledge of any living being, was the vultures of Prometheus to the proud heart of Ripperda.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The living (value £250) is in the gift of trustees, and is now held by the Rev. M. Parker, Vicar.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
So far as their thought is still alive these men will come into the discussion of living questions now.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
If they are still Moderns and alive, I defy you to bury them if you are discussing living questions in a full and honest way.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Either they are unavoidable if your living questions are fully discussed, or they are irrelevant and they do not matter.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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