Medical Definition of Pedicle flap

1. A skin flap sustained by a blood-carrying stem from the donor site during transfer, in periodontal surgery, a flap used to increase the width of attached gingiva, or to cover a root surface, by moving the attached gingiva, which remains joined at one side, to an adjacent position and suturing the free end. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedicle Flap

pediatricians
pediatrics
pediatrist
pediatrists
pedicab
pedicabs
pedicel
pedicellaria
pedicellariae
pedicellate
pedicellation
pedicellina
pedicels
pedicle
pedicle flap (current term)
pedicle graft
pedicle of arch of vertebra
pedicled
pedicles
pedicular
pediculate
pediculates
pediculati
pediculation
pediculi
pediculicide
pediculina
pediculophobia
pediculoses

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