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defect
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defect
Crystallog a local deviation from regularity in the crystal lattice of a solid

defect [′dē‚fekt]
(science and technology)
An irregularity that spoils the appearance or impairs the usefulness or effectiveness of an object or a material by causing weakness or failure.

defect
In wood, a fault that may reduce its durability, usefulness, or strength.

defect - bug


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We present a new case of nasoseptal chondrosarcoma with anterior cranial fossa extension in a 23-year-old man in whom a durable repair of the osseous defect was successfully implemented with a technique not well known in the otolaryngology literature and not previously associated with the repair of defects caused by these tumors.
On imaging, multiple localized osseous defects, soft tissue and bony disruption, periostitis, and sclerosis are seen in long-standing cases.
These defects may be surgically created osseous defects or osseous defects created from traumatic injury to the bone.
 
 
 
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