spongionecrosis

English

Etymology

spongio- +‎ necrosis

Noun

spongionecrosis (usually uncountable, plural spongionecroses)

  1. (pathology) spongy necrosis
    • 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:10.1155/2015/490518:
      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.
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