Osteopetrosis Definition

ŏs′tē-ō-pĕ-trō ′ sĭs
noun
A similar disease marked by defects in the long bones of nonhuman mammals, especially cattle and rabbits, or of birds with Rous sarcoma.
American Heritage Medicine
An inherited disorder of bone resorption that results in abnormally dense, brittle bones that are easily fractured, and including a severe infantile form, characterized by bone marrow obliteration, growth retardation, bony defects, anemia, spleen and liver enlargement, and cranial nerve entrapment that can lead to blindness and deafness, and a benign form of late adolescence or adulthood that is often marked by pain and cranial or peripheral neuropathy.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • marble bones disease
  • Albers-Schonberg disease

Other Word Forms of Osteopetrosis

Noun

Singular:
osteopetrosis
Plural:
osteopetroses

Osteopetrosis Sentence Examples

  • Osteopetrosis (plural osteopetroses) is a rare inherited disorder that makes bones increase in both size (mass) and fragility.

  • Osteopetrosis is also called chalk bones, ivory bones, or marble bones.

  • Osteopetrosis occurs when there is a failure in bone resorption.

  • Other forms of osteopetrosis progress at a more rapid pace and destroy bone structure, which can involve bones throughout the body, although the lower jaw is never affected.

  • Severe malignant infantile osteopetrosis (early-onset osteopetrosis) is the most severe form of osteopetrosis.

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