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osteitis deformans

osteitis deformans noun: paget's disease of bone.

Noun

osteitis deformans (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Paget's disease of bone.

Origin of osteitis deformans

From osteitis (“inflammation of bone”) + Latin dēfōrmāns (“deforming”). Named so because the disease was wrongly thought to be an inflammation of bones.

Questions about osteitis deformans

What does osteitis deformans mean?
Osteitis deformans means paget's disease of bone.
What part of speech is osteitis deformans?
Osteitis deformans is a noun.

Words near osteitis deformans in the dictionary

  1. osteichthyans
  2. ostein
  3. osteitic
  4. osteitides
  5. osteitis
  6. osteitis deformans
  7. osteitis pubis
  8. osteitises
  9. ostend
  10. ostended
  11. Ostender

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