pyrocarbon
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pyrocarbon (uncountable)
- A ceramic form of carbon formed at high temperature from the breakdown of a hydrocarbon gas
- 2015 July 8, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Stefano Petrillo, Vincenzo Denaro, “Current Concepts in the Management of Rheumatoid Hand”, in International Journal of Rheumatology[1], volume 2015, :
- The ligamentous alteration of patients with RA leads to joint instability, which may produce an early failure of the two-piece pyrocarbon implants.