ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Albers-Schonberg disease mean? 

• ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE (noun)
  The noun ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated

  Familiarity information: ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALBERS-SCHONBERG DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Albers-Schonberg disease; marble bones disease; osteopetrosis

Hypernyms ("Albers-Schonberg disease" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)