Musculoskeletal
osteonecrosis
os-tee-oh-neh-KROH-sis
StatusNew
Definition
Death of bone tissue
PathologyMusculoskeletal
Breakdown
Etymology
Greek: oste/o (bone) + necr/o (death) + -osis (condition)
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