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fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

Syllables: fi·bro·dys·plas·ia os·si·fi·cans pro·gress·i·vaUK/ˌfaɪbɹəʊdɪsˈpleɪzɪə ɒˈsɪfɪkɑːnz pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvə//ˌfaɪbɹoʊdɪsˈpleɪʒ(i)ə ɒˈsɪfɪkænz pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvə/

fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva noun: a very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including ligaments, muscles, and tendons) ossifies (“transforms into bone”) when damaged.

fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: a very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including...
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Noun

fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (uncountable)

  1. (medical genetics) A very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including ligaments, muscles, and tendons) ossifies (“transforms into bone”) when damaged.
    • The cardinal manifestations of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva are microdactyly and progressive ossification of fascia, [aponeuroses], and other fibrous structures related to muscles.1956, Victor A[lmon] McKusick, “Concluding Comments”, in Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue, St. Louis, Mo.: The C. V. Mosby Company, →OCLC, pages 194–195
    • Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of skeletal malformations and progressive extraskeletal ossification. We mapped FOP to chromosome 2q23-24 by linkage analysis and identified an identical heterozygous mutation (617G → A; R206H) in the glycine-serine...2006 April 23, Eileen M. Shore [et al.], “A Recurrent Mutation in the BMP Type I Receptor ACVR1 Causes Inherited and Sporadic Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva”, in Nature Genetics, volume 38...
    Synonyms:
    FOP, Münchmeyer disease, myositis ossificans progressiva, stone man syndrome

fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva meaning in Malayalam, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in Malayalam

genetic disorder in which fibrous tissue ossifies when damaged
ഫൈബ്രോഡിസ്പ്ലാസിയ ഓസിഫിക്കൻസ് പ്രോഗ്രെസ്സിവ phaibrōḍisplāsiya ōsiphikkaṉsŭ prōgressiva

fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in Arabic

genetic disorder in which fibrous tissue ossifies when damaged
خلل التنسج الليفي المعظم المترقي

fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in Persian

genetic disorder in which fibrous tissue ossifies when damaged
فیبرودیسپلازی استخوانیشونده پیشرونده

fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in Vietnamese

genetic disorder in which fibrous tissue ossifies when damaged
hội chứng người hoá đá

Examples of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in a sentence

  • Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of skeletal malformations and progressive extraskeletal ossification.2006 April 23, Eileen M. Shore [et al.], “A Recurrent Mutation in the BMP Type I Receptor ACVR1 Causes Inherited and Sporadic...
  • Lexi Robins, of Hemel Hempstead has the very rare condition Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP).2022 July 7, Alex Pope, “Hemel Hempstead Mother’s Funding Plea for Daughter’s Rare Disease”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 11...

Synonyms of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

Origin of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

PIE word *h₃ésth₁ From English fibrodysplasia, and borrowed from New Latin ossificans + Latin prōgressīvā, literally “abnormal development of fibrous tissue with ossification that is progressive”: * Fibrodysplasia is derived from fibro- (prefix meaning ‘fibre; fibrous’) (from Latin fibra (“fibre; filament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”)) + dysplasia (“abnormal development of cells or tissue”) (from dys- (prefix meaning ‘abnormal; disease’) + -plasia (suffix meaning ‘formation; growth’)). * Ossificans is from Latin ossīs (a plural form of ossum (“bone”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”)) + -ficāns (the present active participle of -ficō (suffix forming chiefly causative or factitive verbs)). * Prōgressīvā is the ablative feminine singular of prōgressīvus (“progressive”), from prōgressus (“advanced, proceeded; developed, progressed”) (the perfect active participle of prōgredior (“to advance, proceed; (figurative) to develop, progress”), from prō- (prefix denoting a forward direction) + gradior (“to step; to walk; to advance”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to go; to walk”))) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives). The...

Questions about fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

What does fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva mean?
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva means a very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including ligaments, muscles, and tendons) ossifies (“transforms into bone”) when damaged.
What is fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in Malayalam?
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in Malayalam is ഫൈബ്രോഡിസ്പ്ലാസിയ ഓസിഫിക്കൻസ് പ്രോഗ്രെസ്സിവ (phaibrōḍisplāsiya ōsiphikkaṉsŭ prōgressiva). See Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in a sentence?
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of skeletal malformations and progressive extraskeletal ossification.
What part of speech is fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva?
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a noun.
How do you pronounce fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva?
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is pronounced /ˌfaɪbɹəʊdɪsˈpleɪzɪə ɒˈsɪfɪkɑːnz pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvə/ (UK).

Words near fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in the dictionary

  1. fibrocystin
  2. fibrocyte
  3. fibrocytes
  4. fibrocytic
  5. fibrodysplasia
  6. fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
  7. fibrodysplasias
  8. fibrodysplasic
  9. fibrodysplastic
  10. fibroelastic
  11. fibroelasticity

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