PAGET'S DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

osteitis deformans; Paget's disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Paget's disease" is a kind of...):

osteitis (inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration)

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