Remodeling

remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure.

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bone remodeling  absorption of bone tissue and simultaneous deposition of new bone; in normal bone the two processes are in dynamic equilibrium.

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re·mod·el·ing (r-mdl-ng)

n.

A cyclical process by which bone maintains a dynamic steady state through resorption and formation of a small amount of bone at the same site.

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Remodeling

The ongoing process of bone formation and breakdown that results in healthy bone development.

Mentioned in: Paget's Disease of Bone

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remodeling

a constant, normal process in bone comprising removal-replacement of minute sections of bone without alteration to the visible skeletal volume; may be periosteal or endosteal.