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1. A mass of partially detached tissue.
2. A mass of partially detached tissued incurred by accidental trauma used in plastic surgery of an adjacent area or in covering the end of a bone after resection.
3. An uncontrolled movement seen in some diseases.
SEE: asterixis

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