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Osteolytic

Osteolysis \Os`te*ol"y*sis\, n. [NL. osteo- + Gr. ly`sis a loosing.] Softening and absorption of bone. -- Os`te*o*lyt"ic, a.

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osteolytic

a. Of, pertaining to, or causing osteolysis