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OSTEITIS DEFORMANS
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I. (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
Synonyms:
osteitis deformans; Paget's disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("osteitis deformans" is a kind of...):
osteitis (inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration)
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