avascular necrosis
noun
: necrosis of bone tissue due to impaired or disrupted blood supply (as from traumatic injury or disease)
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The 41-year-old Puerto Rico native revealed over the weekend that she was diagnosed with avascular necrosis — a condition that results in the death of bone tissue after a loss of blood supply — following treatment for cancer.
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2022
Portillo was afraid of catching the coronavirus, given his preexisting health conditions — HIV and avascular necrosis, a disease that has degraded his bone tissue — and isolated himself for months.
—Washington Post, 23 July 2021
Eddie had been diagnosed with avascular necrosis in his hip.
—Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2022
Portillo was afraid of catching the coronavirus, given his preexisting health conditions — HIV and avascular necrosis, a disease that has degraded his bone tissue — and isolated himself for months.
—Washington Post, 23 July 2021
Eddie had been diagnosed with avascular necrosis in his hip.
—Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
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First Known Use
1953, in the meaning defined above
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Medical Definition
avascular necrosis
noun
: necrosis of bone tissue due to impaired or disrupted blood supply (as that caused by traumatic injury or disease) and marked by severe pain in the affected region and by weakened bone that may flatten and collapse
called also aseptic necrosis, osteonecrosis
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