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What does biocompatibility mean?

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Noun
  1. The ability of a material to perform with an appropriate host response in a specific situation.
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All materials used in medical devices must be screened for biocompatibility so they do not cause adverse local or systemic effects in people.
The biocompatibility of silk arose during its increasing clinical use.
Nitinol provides shape memory, high elasticity, biocompatibility, and MRI compatibility.
Due to their biocompatibility and bioactivity, bioactive glasses are used as highly effective implant materials throughout the human body to replace or repair damaged tissue.
Thus, the removal of sericin is an essential step to assure biocompatibility in biomaterial applications of silk.
The present work, showed that the white clay had good biocompatibility when implanted into the craniofacial bones of dogs.

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