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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.
Osteonecrosis
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