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