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spongionecrosis

spongionecrosis noun: spongy necrosis.

Noun

spongionecrosis (usually uncountable, plural spongionecroses)

  1. (usually) spongy necrosis
    • In patients with devastated bulbous urethra, that is, spongionecrosis, failed fasciocutaneous repairs and a “watering can perineum” repair options are limited by paucity of reliable local tissue suitable for reconstruction.2015 July 16, Dmitriy Nikolavsky, “Prelaminated Gracilis Flap with Buccal Mucosal Graft for Salvage of Devastated Urethra”, in Case Reports in Urology, volume 2015, →DOI

Forms of spongionecrosis

pluralspongionecroses

Origin of spongionecrosis

From spongio- + necrosis.

Questions about spongionecrosis

What does spongionecrosis mean?
Spongionecrosis means spongy necrosis.
What part of speech is spongionecrosis?
Spongionecrosis is a noun.
What is the plural of spongionecrosis?
The plural of spongionecrosis is spongionecroses.

Words near spongionecrosis in the dictionary

  1. spongiologists
  2. spongiology
  3. spongiome
  4. spongiomes
  5. spongionecroses
  6. spongionecrosis
  7. spongiophytaceous
  8. spongiopilin
  9. spongioplasm
  10. spongiopregnoloside
  11. spongiosclerosis

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