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glass bone disease

glass bone disease noun: synonym of osteogenesis imperfecta.

Noun

glass bone disease (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of osteogenesis imperfecta.
    • For this reason it is often known as 'glass bone disease' The mutations have their devastating effects because of the hierarchical nature in which collagens are organised.2005, Armand Marie Leroi, Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body, Penguin, →ISBN
    • […] and creating a better quality bone tissue: it is used in fractures, osteoporosis and is credited as having an action in osteopsatyrosis (glass bone disease) where it could prevent the almost spontaneous fractures characteristic of this disease.2013, Dr. Joe Rozencwajg NMD., Dynamic Gemmotherapy: Integrative Embryonic Phytotherapie, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN

Synonyms of glass bone disease

Forms of glass bone disease

alternative formglass-bone disease

Questions about glass bone disease

What does glass bone disease mean?
Glass bone disease means synonym of osteogenesis imperfecta.
What part of speech is glass bone disease?
Glass bone disease is a noun.

Words near glass bone disease in the dictionary

  1. glass arm
  2. glass arms
  3. glass blowing
  4. glass blue-eye
  5. glass blue-eyes
  6. glass bone disease
  7. glass bottle
  8. glass bottles
  9. glass cannon
  10. glass cannons
  11. glass case

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