Medical Dictionary
avascular necrosis
noun
Medical Definition of AVASCULAR NECROSIS
: 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 osteonecrosis
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