"Lubrication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The application of LUBRICANTS to diminish FRICTION between two surfaces.
| Descriptor ID |
D008153
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.830.583
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lubrication" by people in Profiles.
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Friction coefficients for mechanically damaged bovine articular cartilage. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2012 Jul; 109(7):1769-78.
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Experimental friction coefficients for bovine cartilage measured with a pin-on-disk tribometer: testing configuration and lubricant effects. Ann Biomed Eng. 2011 Jan; 39(1):132-46.
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Lubrication of the temporomandibular joint. Ann Biomed Eng. 2008 Jan; 36(1):14-29.