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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Death, or necrosis, of bone.  3, record 1, English, - osteonecrosis

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Osteonecrosis, without evidence of an inflammatory process or sepsis, is usually regarded as secondary to loss of the blood supply (avascular necrosis of bone). Some argue that metabolic changes in the osteocytes are responsible for bone death in certain forms of the disease and recommend the general term osteonecrosis. An older synonym that emphasizes the lack of an inflammatory component is aseptic necrosis. Since the precise pathogenesis remains unknown and major vascular loss is not always evident, the term osteonecrosis seems preferable. [From RHEUD, 1983, p. 157.]  4, record 1, English, - osteonecrosis

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Nécrose du tissu osseux, primitive ou secondaire, d'origine infectieuse (ostéonécrose septique) ou non (ostéonécrose aseptique), caractérisée par une dégénérescence des ostéocytes avec déshabitation des cavités ostéocytaires.  3, record 1, French, - ost%C3%A9on%C3%A9crose

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish