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OSTEOLYSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does osteolysis mean?
• OSTEOLYSIS (noun)
The noun OSTEOLYSIS has 1 sense:
1. lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply
Familiarity information: OSTEOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("osteolysis" is a kind of...):
lysis ((biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria)
Context examples
A benign neoplasm characterized by osteolysis and the presence of a rich collagenous stroma and spindle cells.
(Bone Desmoplastic Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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