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osteonecrosis

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[ahs-tee-oh-nuh-kroh-sis, -ne-] / ˌɑs ti oʊ nəˈkroʊ sɪs, -nɛ- /

noun

  1. Pathology. the death of bone tissue, usually because of a disruption in blood flow.


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He’s been diagnosed with osteonecrosis - or as Dillon calls it, “brittle bone disease” - and has had knee, hip and shoulder replacements as a result.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 23, 2018

Lawsuits alleging that plaintiffs developed osteonecrosis of the jaw from Fosamax were consolidated before Keenan in 2006.

From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2013

In 2005, it added a warning about the rare jaw disease called osteonecrosis.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2011

Food and Drug Administration warned that the medications might raise the risk of an unusual type of thigh fracture, and there have also been a few cases of bone death, or osteonecrosis, of the jaw.

From Reuters ● Feb. 18, 2011

Only about one in 100,000 people taking bone drugs actually develop osteonecrosis of the jaw, he said, and the atypical fractures linked to the drugs are also very uncommon he said.

From Reuters ● Feb. 18, 2011

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