Wolff's law
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Developed by the German anatomist and surgeon Julius Wolff (1836–1902).
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Wolff's
law
The rule that
bone
in a
healthy
person or animal will
adapt
to the
loads
under which it is placed, becoming stronger to
resist
that sort of loading.
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