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Cell death that occurs as a result of inadequate blood supply. A condition in which tissue cells die because their supply of blood has been cut. Death of any tissue due to loss of blood supply, usually due to trauma or congenital blood vessel abnormalities. For example, fractures of the navicular bone of the wrist…

Lacking in blood or lymphatic vessels. Avascular tissues may be normal, such as tooth enamel or some forms of cartilage, or may be a consequence of disease. Lacking in blood vessels; having poor blood supply. With no blood vessels, or with a deficient blood supply.  

Portion of an edentulous ridge that can be used for the placement of a dental implant.  

Photographic recording of radiation from radioactive material obtained by placing the surface of the radioactive material in proximity to a detector sensitive to the emitted spectrum, most commonly X‐ray film or a charge coupled device. A technique to detect radioactively labeled molecules by creating an image on photographic film. The slab of gel or other…

Resin capable of polymerization via a chemical activator and catalyzing agent. Also called cold‐ or selfcuring resin.  

A resin polymerized by a chemical reaction that occurs by adding an activator and a catalyst without adding heat.  

A proliferative reaction of normal typical T lymphocytes when co‐cultured with autologous HLADR‐positive non‐T lymphocytes.  

Pertaining to self; defining products or components derived or transferred from one anatomic location to another within the recipient. Referring to a graft or other material coming from the same source. In medicine, a general term referring to a type of transplant or blood transfusion that comes from the person’s own body. Tissue, bone marrow,…

An immune response to an organism’s own tissues or components. An immune response resulting in the presence of self-antigens or autoantigens on the surface of certain body cells; may result in allergy or autoimmune disease. A condition in which a person’s own cells are attacked by autoantibodies. The destruction of self through the development of…

A tissue graft taken from a site that is different from the recipient site of the same individual receiving it. Also called autochthonous graft, autologous graft, autotransplant, and autoplast. Tissue transferred from one position to another within the same individual. A transplant made using parts of the person’s own body. Tissue that is removed from…