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[se-kwes´trum] (L.)

1. a piece of dead bone that has become separated from sound bone during the process of necrosis.

2. any tissue that has become sequestered.

se·ques·trum

, pl.

(sē-kwes'trŭm, -tră),

A piece of necrotic tissue, usually bone, which has become separated from the surrounding healthy tissue.

[Mod. L. use of Mediev. L. sequestrum, something laid aside, fr. L. sequestro, to lay aside, separate]

(sĭ-kwĕs′trəm)

n. pl. seques·tra (-trə)

A fragment of dead bone separated from healthy bone as a result of injury or disease.

Orthopedics A plug of necrotic bone separated from viable bone. See Button sequestrum, Kissing sequestrum.

, pl. sequestra (sē-kwes'trŭm, -tră)

A piece of necrotic tissue, usually bone, which has become separated from the surrounding healthy tissue.

[Mod. L. use of Mediev. L. sequestrum, something laid aside, fr. L. sequestro, to lay aside, separate]

A piece of dead, often detached, bone lying within a cavity or abscess. Sequestra usually form as a result of long-term OSTEOMYELITIS.

, pl. sequestra (sē-kwes'trŭm, -tră)

Piece of necrotic tissue, usually bone, which has become separated from the surrounding healthy tissue.

[Mod. L. use of Mediev. L. sequestrum, something laid aside, fr. L. sequestro, to lay aside, separate]