NOUN | state | Paget's disease, osteitis deformans | a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly |
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Meaning | A disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities. | |
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Synonym | osteitis deformans | |
Broader | osteitis | inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration |
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