OSTEOPETROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osteopetrosis mean? 

• OSTEOPETROSIS (noun)
  The noun OSTEOPETROSIS 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: OSTEOPETROSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEOPETROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Albers-Schonberg disease; marble bones disease; osteopetrosis

Hypernyms ("osteopetrosis" 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)

 Context examples 

Causes include osteopetrosis and Paget disease.

(Increased Bone Density, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with both osteopetrosis autosomal dominant type 2 and osteopetrosis autosomal recessive type 4.

(CLCN7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A radiologic finding that is seen in osteopetrosis.

(Bone-in-Bone Sign, NCI Thesaurus)

Virus infections are associated with malignancies and some other diseases such as wasting, and osteopetrosis.

(Alpharetrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)