Alloderm is an ECM Biomaterial marketed by LifeCell Corporation that is used in reconstructive and dental surgeries; it is derived from skin taken from donated cadavers. Alloderm has been used to reconstruct breasts experimentally after breast cancer surgery.
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.: a telephone pole; a fishing pole. 2. Northeastern U.S. a long, tapering piece of wood or other material that extends from the front axle of a vehicle between the animals drawing it. 3. Nautical. a light spar. that part of a mast between the uppermost standing rigging and the truck.
noun, (used with a singular verb) 1. the art or practice of disputation or controversy: a master of polemics. 2. the branch of theology dealing with the history or conduct of ecclesiastical disputation and controversy. Compare irenics.