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单词 paget's disease
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Paget's disease


noun

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.

Origin of Paget's disease

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

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British Dictionary definitions for Paget's disease

Paget's disease
/ (ˈpædʒɪts) /

noun

Also called: osteitis deformans a chronic disease of the bones characterized by inflammation and deformation
Also called: Paget's cancer cancer of the nipple and surrounding tissue

Word Origin for Paget's disease

C19: named after Sir James Paget (1814–99), British surgeon and pathologist, who described these diseases
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for Paget's disease

Paget's disease

n.

A disease, occurring chiefly in old age, in which the bones become enlarged and weakened, often resulting in fracture or deformation.osteitis deformans
A breast cancer affecting the areola and nipple.
A skin cancer arising from apocrine sweat glands.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for Paget's disease

Paget's disease
[ păjĭts ]

A disease, occurring chiefly in the elderly, in which the bones become enlarged and weakened, often resulting in fracture or deformity.
A breast cancer manifested by inflammatory changes of the nipple and surrounding skin.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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