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living bandage

noun

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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Nearby words

liveyer, livia drusilla, livid, lividly, living, living bandage, living bank, living daylights, living death, living end, the, living fossil
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