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osteonecrosis /os·teo·ne·cro·sis/ (os″te-o-nĕ-kro´sis) necrosis of a bone.

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Necrosis of bone.

osteonecrosis

[os′tē·ō′nəkrō′sis]

Etymology: Gk, osteon + nekros, dead, osis condition

the destruction and death of bone tissue, such as from ischemia, infection, malignant neoplastic disease, or trauma. osteonecrotic, adj.

osteonecrosis [os″te-o-nĕ-kro´sis]

necrosis of bone due to obstruction of its blood supply.

osteonecrosis (os´tēōn

krō´sis),

n the destruction and death of bone tissue. It may stem from ischemia, infection, malignant neoplastic disease, or trauma.

osteonecrosis, bisphosphonate-associated (BON)

n a condition that may develop in patients on bisphosphonate therapy in which pain, swelling and infection of soft tissue, drainage, loosening of teeth, and exposed bone may occur suddenly, usually at a previous tooth extraction site, as well as numbness and heaviness of the jaw.

osteonecrosis

necrosis of a bone.

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