osteolysis

osteolysis
os·te·ol·y·sis (ŏs'tē-ŏlʹĭ-sĭs) n.
Dissolution or degeneration of bone tissue through disease.
  os'te·o·lytʹic (-ə-lĭtʹĭk) adj.

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