FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fibrous dysplasia of bone mean? 

• FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE (noun)
  The noun FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE has 1 sense:

1. a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions

  Familiarity information: FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fibrous dysplasia of bone" is a kind of...):

dysplasia (abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fibrous dysplasia of bone"):

Albright's disease; polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (fibrous dysplasia of bone affecting multiple bones)

monostotic fibrous dysplasia (fibrous dysplasia of bone confined to a single bone)