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Osteonecrosis is the general term meaning death of bone tissue due to an insuffficient blood supply, infection, malignancy, or trauma.
Death of bone tissue to to insufficient blood supply is a subset of osteonecrosis; this more specific condition may be called avascular necrosis (AVN), bone infarction, aseptic necrosis, or ischemic bone necrosis.
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∙ 11y agoOstealgia, or Osteodynia, is the medical term meaning bone pain.
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∙ 15y agoosteoporosis
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∙ 15y agoOsteoporosis
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∙ 12y agoOsteopenia is deficiency of bone tissuee.
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∙ 13y agoLacunae dentis
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∙ 12y agoSarcomas
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No medical term is known as no such procedure exists
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