ischemic necrosis of bone
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necrosis — Pathologic death of one or more cells, or of a portion of tissue or organ, resulting from irreversible damage; earliest irreversible changes are mitochondrial, consisting of swelling and granular calcium deposits seen by … Medical dictionary
Avascular necrosis — Classification and external resources Femur head showing a flap of cartilage (osteochondritis dissecans) due to avascular necrosis. Specimen from total hip replacement surgery … Wikipedia
avascular necrosis — noun A disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to the bones, causing bone tissue death and bone collapse. Syn: osteonecrosis, aseptic necrosis, ischemic bone necrosis … Wiktionary
Osteonecrosis — Bone death resulting from poor blood supply to an area of bone. Also known as aseptic necrosis or avascular necrosis. * * * The death of bone in mass, as distinguished from caries (“molecular death”) or relatively small foci of necrosis in bone.… … Medical dictionary
INB — internuclear bridging; ischemic necrosis of bone … Medical dictionary
INB — • internuclear bridging; • ischemic necrosis of bone … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
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Crescent sign — in radiology refers to a thin, curvilinear lucent line parallel and inverted to the cortical margin of a bone. It represents the margin of a disk of articular cartilage and underlying subchondral bone, that has fractured. This is a medical sign… … Wikipedia
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