mechanostat

Etymology

From mechano- + -stat.

mechanostat means A model describing bone growth and bone loss, based on a refinement of Wolff's law, and according to which these processes are stimulated by the local mechanical elastic deformation of bone. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

A model describing bone growth and bone loss, based on a refinement of Wolff's law, and according to which these processes are stimulated by the local mechanical elastic deformation of bone.