tissue engineering

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Noun

1. An interdisciplinary field that applies the principles of engineering and life sciences toward the development of biological substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve tissue function or a whole organ.<ref>Langer R, Vacanti J (1993). "Tissue engineering". Science. 260 (5110): 920–6. {{PMID|8493529}}. doi:10.1126/science.8493529.</ref>

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