osteolysis.

The breakdown or resorption of bone tissue, producing localized or more extensive bone loss.

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Words that belong together

• localized osteolysis
• osteolysis around an implant

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The scan showed localized osteolysis where the bone had once enclosed the implant.

She compared the images before accepting how quickly the osteolysis had progressed.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural osteolyses for separate instances. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.