| 单词 | brittle bone disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrittle bone disease brittle bone disease n. Medicine any of several disorders characterized by increased bone fragility and susceptibility to fracture; spec. osteogenesis imperfecta. ΚΠ 1934 Chicago Tribune 12 Sept. 18/3 Indiana man dies at 46 of rare brittle bone disease... Multiple myeloma..causes the bones to become brittle and incur spontaneous fractures.] 1960 Trans. Amer. Laryngol., Rhinol. & Otol. Soc. 536 Brittle Bone disease, known by many synonyms..is characterized by the occurrence of multiple fractures with poor healing. 1988 G. Palmer Politics of Breastfeeding iii. 73 There may be an inverse link between osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease that is the curse of ageing western women, and breastfeeding. 2003 Daily Tel. 21 May 18/8 A severe form of osteogenesis imperfecta, a brittle bone disease. This means that her bones are 90 per cent less dense than average. < as lemmas |
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