| / English Dictionary |
PAGET
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899)
Synonyms:
Paget; Sir James Paget
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
diagnostician; pathologist (a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis)
Context examples:
Paget disease involving the skin overlying the mammary gland, without accompanying invasive ductal or lobular breast carcinoma.
(Paget Disease of the Breast without Invasive Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Paget disease involving the skin overlying the mammary gland, accompanied by invasive ductal breast carcinoma.
(Paget Disease of the Breast with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant neoplasm in which there is infiltration of the skin overlying the breast by neoplastic large cells with abundant pale cytoplasm and large nuclei with prominent nucleoli (Paget cells).
(Paget Disease of the Breast, NCI Thesaurus)
There are many kinds of bone problems: • Low bone density and osteoporosis, which make your bones weak and more likely to break • Osteogenesis imperfecta makes your bones brittle • Paget's disease of bone makes them weak • Bone disease can make bones easy to break • Bones can also develop cancer and infections • Other bone diseases are caused by poor nutrition, genetic factors or problems with the rate of bone growth or rebuilding
(Bone Diseases, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
A group of disorders that affect the bones secondary to increased levels of minerals or deficient levels of minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and vitamin D. Representative examples are osteomalacia, osteoporosis, and Paget disease.
(Metabolic Bone Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
You can have Paget's disease in any bone, but it is most common in the spine, pelvis, skull, and legs.
(Paget's Disease of Bone, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Osteosarcomas arising from Paget disease of the bone are high grade lesions and usually have a poor prognosis.
(Osteosarcoma Arising in Paget Disease of Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
No one knows what causes Paget's disease.
(Paget's Disease of Bone, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Doctors use blood tests and imaging tests to diagnose Paget's disease.
(Paget's Disease of Bone, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Many people do not know they have Paget's disease because their symptoms are mild.
(Paget's Disease of Bone, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
