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Meaning of 'necrosis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Necrosis [ n.]
- Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See Caries.
- A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.

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    Avascular necrosis is cellular death of bone resulting from a temporary or permanent loss of blood supply to that bone.

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