avascular necrosis
noun
: necrosis of bone tissue due to impaired or disrupted blood supply (as from traumatic injury or disease)
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The 41-year-old Puerto Rico native revealed over the weekend that she was diagnosed with avascular necrosis — a condition that results in the death of bone tissue after a loss of blood supply — following treatment for cancer.
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2022
Portillo was afraid of catching the coronavirus, given his preexisting health conditions — HIV and avascular necrosis, a disease that has degraded his bone tissue — and isolated himself for months.
—Washington Post, 23 July 2021
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2022
Portillo was afraid of catching the coronavirus, given his preexisting health conditions — HIV and avascular necrosis, a disease that has degraded his bone tissue — and isolated himself for months.
—Washington Post, 23 July 2021
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“Avascular necrosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avascular%20necrosis. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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