See Also: artificial organs(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Organs(medicine)
accessory organs of the eye(medicine)
accessory organs(medicine)
sense organs(medicine)
organs of Zuckerkandl(medicine)
supernumerary organs(medicine)
neurohemal organs(medicine)
genital organs(medicine)

artificial organs (medicine)


artificial organs
Devices intended to replace non-functioning organs. They may be temporary or permanent. Since they are intended always to function as the natural organs they are replacing, they should be differentiated from prostheses and implants and specific types of prostheses which, though also replacements for body parts, are frequently cosmetic (eye, artificial) as well as functional (artificial limbs).