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POLYOSTOTIC FIBROUS DYSPLASIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fibrous dysplasia of bone affecting multiple bones
Synonyms:
Albright's disease; polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("polyostotic fibrous dysplasia" is a kind of...):
fibrous dysplasia of bone (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)