OSTEITIS DEFORMANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osteitis deformans mean? 

• OSTEITIS DEFORMANS (noun)
  The noun OSTEITIS DEFORMANS has 1 sense:

1. a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities

  Familiarity information: OSTEITIS DEFORMANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEITIS DEFORMANS (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

osteitis deformans; Paget's disease

Hypernyms ("osteitis deformans" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Osteitis deformans occurs most frequently in the pelvic and leg bones, skull, and lower spine.

(Osteitis deformans, NCI Dictionary)

Also called osteitis deformans.

(Paget disease of bone, NCI Dictionary)