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sequestrum

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sɪˈkwɛstrəm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(si kwes′trəm)

se•ques•trum (si kwes′trəm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tra (-trə).USA pronunciation [Pathol.]

Pathologya fragment of bone that has become necrotic as a result of disease or injury and has separated from the normal bone structure.

Neo-Latin; Medieval Latin: sequestrated property, derivative of Latin sequester; see sequester
1825–35

se•ques′tral, adj.

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sequestrum /sɪˈkwɛstrəm/ n ( pl -tra /-trə/)

a detached piece of necrotic bone that often migrates to a wound, abscess, etc
See sequester

Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from Latin: something deposited;seˈquestral adj

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