Pyrocarbon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A ceramic form of carbon formed at high temperature from the breakdown of a hydrocarbon gas uncountable

    "The ligamentous alteration of patients with RA leads to joint instability, which may produce an early failure of the two-piece pyrocarbon implants."

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"The ligamentous alteration of patients with RA leads to joint instability, which may produce an early failure of the two-piece pyrocarbon implants."

Etymology

From pyro- + carbon.

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