paget's disease

Paget's disease

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Definitions of paget's disease words

noun paget's disease Pathology. a chronic disease characterized by episodic accelerated bone resorption and growth of abnormal replacement bone, causing bone pain, deformation, fractures, and osteosarcoma; osteitis deformans. 1
noun paget's disease a chronic disease of the bones characterized by inflammation and deformation 0
noun paget's disease cancer of the nipple and surrounding tissue 0
noun paget's disease a disease that deforms and weakens bones, in which rapid decalcification is followed by excessive calcification 0
noun paget's disease a type of cancer usually involving the breast's larger ducts, areola, and nipple 0

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

1875-80; named after Sir James Paget, who described it

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