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lionitis

lionitis noun: craniodiaphyseal dysplasia: a rare autosomal-recessive bone disorder that causes calcium to build up in the skull, disfiguring the facial features and reducing life expectancy.

Noun

lionitis (uncountable)

  1. craniodiaphyseal dysplasia: a rare autosomal-recessive bone disorder that causes calcium to build up in the skull, disfiguring the facial features and reducing life expectancy

Origin of lionitis

From lion + -itis, from the leonine facial appearance in some cases.

Questions about lionitis

What does lionitis mean?
Lionitis means craniodiaphyseal dysplasia: a rare autosomal-recessive bone disorder that causes calcium to build up in the skull, disfiguring the facial features and reducing life expectancy.
What part of speech is lionitis?
Lionitis is a noun.

Words near lionitis in the dictionary

  1. lionises
  2. lionish
  3. lionising
  4. lionism
  5. lionisms
  6. lionitis
  7. lionizable
  8. lionization
  9. lionizations
  10. lionize
  11. lionized

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