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 — Condition in which poor blood supply to an area of bone leads to bone death. Also called avascular necrosis and osteonecrosis. * * * avascular necrosis n necrosis of bone tissue due to impaired or disrupted blood supply (as that caused by… … Medical dictionary
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
avascular necrosis — noun Date: 1953 necrosis of bone tissue due to impaired or disrupted blood supply (as that caused by traumatic injury or disease) … New Collegiate Dictionary
avascular necrosis — see osteonecrosis … The new mediacal dictionary
avascular necrosis of bone — osteonecrosis … Medical dictionary
Necrosis — For the film, see Necrosis (film). Necrotic leg wound caused by a brown recluse spider bite Necrosis (from the Greek νεκρός, dead , νέκρωσις, death, the stage of dying, the act of killing ) is the premature death of … Wikipedia
avascular — Without blood or lymphatic vessels; may be a normal state as in certain forms of cartilage, or the result of disease. SYN: nonvascular. * * * avas·cu·lar ( )ā vas kyə lər adj having few or no blood vessels <the lens is a very avascular… … Medical dictionary
necrosis coagulativa — necrosis en la que tejido se vuelve una masa seca, opaca y eosinófila que contiene restos de células anucleadas que resulta de la desnaturalización de las proteínas después de una hipoxia. También se denomina necrosis avascular o isquémica.… … Diccionario médico
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