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ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Albers-Schonberg disease mean?
• ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE (noun)
The noun ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE has 1 sense:
1. an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated
Familiarity information: ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Albers-Schonberg disease; marble bones disease; osteopetrosis
Hypernyms ("Albers-Schonberg disease" is a kind of...):
congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)
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