radium jaw
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- A disease, with necrosis of the jaw and bleeding of the gums, caused by the ingestion of radium and its subsequent absorption into the bones.
Hypernyms[edit]
- osteonecrosis of the jaw, ONJ (when dealing with just the mouth)
- osteochemonecrosis
- osteonecrosis
- necrosis