osteolysis

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osteolysis os·te·ol·y·sis (ŏs'tē-ŏl'ĭ-sĭs)
n.
Dissolution or degeneration of bone tissue resulting from disease.


os'te·o·lyt'ic (-ə-lĭt'ĭk) adj.

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osteolysis

noun
lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply 
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Osteolysis is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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