sequestrum /se·ques·trum/ (se-kwes´trum) pl. seques´tra [L.]
sequestrum
sequestrum (sēkwes´trum),
sequestrum
1. any sequestered tissue.
2. a piece of dead bone separated from the sound bone in necrosis. 
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Formation of a sequestrum: (A), sound bone; (B), new bone; (C), granulations lining involucrum; (D), cloaca; (E), sequestrum.
se·ques·trum (s -kw s tr m)n. pl. se·ques·tra (-tr ) A fragment of dead tissue, usually bone, that has separated from healthy tissue as a result of injury or disease. |
sequestrum
a fragment of dead bone that is partially or entirely detached from the surrounding or adjacent healthy bone.
sequestrum (sēkwes´trum),
n a piece of dead bone that has become separated from vital bone. See also osteoradionecrosis.
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Sequestrum.
sequestrum
pl. sequestra [L.] a piece of dead tissue that has become separated during the process of necrosis from sound tissue; refers usually to bone, but occurs also in cornea and lung.
feline corneal sequestrum
see corneal sequestrum.
lung sequestrum
a critical feature in the epidemiology of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia; the sequestrum provides a long-term source of the causative bacteria.
sequestrum
Orthopedics A plug of necrotic bone separated from viable bone. See Button sequestrum, Kissing sequestrum.
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