HyperDic: osteitis_deformans

English > 1 sense of the expression osteitis deformans:
NOUNstateosteitis deformans, Paget's diseasea disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly
English > osteitis deformans: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities.
SynonymPaget's disease
Broaderosteitisinflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration

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