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avascular necrosis (s) (noun), avascular necroses (pl)
Dead bone tissue because of an impaired or disrupted blood supply: One kind of avascular necrosis is that which is caused by a traumatic injury or disease and it is marked by severe pain in the affected region and by weakened bone (osteonecrosis) that may flatten and collapse.
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