National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Tissue Engineering

Synonyms

Tissue Engineering

Definitions

Application of the principles of bioengineering to combining scaffolds, cells, and biologically active molecules into functional tissues. The goal of tissue engineering is to assemble functional constructs that restore, maintain, or improve damaged tissues or whole organs.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C18075

code

C18075

DEFINITION

Application of the principles of bioengineering to combining scaffolds, cells, and biologically active molecules into functional tissues. The goal of tissue engineering is to assemble functional constructs that restore, maintain, or improve damaged tissues or whole organs.

FULL_SYN

Tissue Engineering

label

Tissue Engineering

Legacy Concept Name

Tissue_Engineering

Preferred_Name

Tissue Engineering

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C18075

Semantic_Type

Occupational Activity

UMLS_CUI

C0596171

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C18076

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