lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply
The dissolution of bone as a result of a pathological process
The softening and destruction of bone.
Destruction of bone caused by disease, infection, or loss of blood supply
The dissolution, or disintegration, of bone.
A dissolution of the organic matrix of bone resulting in destruction.
Place in the bone at which bone substance is reduced. With multiple myeloma/plasmacytoma, this reduction occurs as a result of excessive activity of the osteoclasts.
Osteolysis refers to an active resorption or dissolution of bone tissue as part of an ongoing disease process.