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Also known as '''Paget's disease of bone''', "a disease marked by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair, resulting in weakened, deformed bones of increased mass. The resultant architecture of the bone assumes a mosaic pattern in which the fibers take on a haphazard pattern instead of the normal parallel symmetry" {{DefMeSH}} | Also known as '''Paget's disease of bone''', "a disease marked by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair, resulting in weakened, deformed bones of increased mass. The resultant architecture of the bone assumes a mosaic pattern in which the fibers take on a haphazard pattern instead of the normal parallel symmetry" <noinclude>{{DefMeSH}}</noinclude> | ||
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Osteitis deformans [r]:
Also known as Paget's disease of bone, "a disease marked by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair, resulting in weakened, deformed bones of increased mass. The resultant architecture of the bone assumes a mosaic pattern in which the fibers take on a haphazard pattern instead of the normal parallel symmetry"
This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Osteitis deformans (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.