tricortical

English

Etymology

tri- +‎ cortical

Adjective

tricortical (not comparable)

  1. Connected to three cortical plates
    • 2015 May 10, Jian-Hua Li et al., “Surgical treatment of lumbosacral tuberculosis by one-stage debridement and anterior instrumentation with allograft through an extraperitoneal anterior approach”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research‎, volume 10, DOI:10.1186/s13018-015-0204-x:
      The tricortical iliac crest bone grafts also have good biomechanical performance and can withstand strong compression forces.
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