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Definition of Osteitis deformans
1. Noun. A disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities.
Medical Definition of Osteitis deformans
1. This is a disease of bone that initially results in the excessive resorption of bone (by osteoclasts) followed by the replacement of normal bone marrow with vascular and fibrous tissue. Many patients are asymptomatic and diagnosed by routine X-rays. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Osteitis Deformans
Literary usage of Osteitis deformans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Hyperostosis cranii and osteitis deformans are probably trophic disorders. 3.
... The osteo-arthritic changes so commonly found in osteitis deformans are ..."
2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1918)
"EDWIN A. LOCKE BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL osteitis deformans WITH SARCOMA OF THE HUMERUS
x-Ray Appearances in the Bones; Course and Prognosis; ..."
3. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1903)
"There is a curious relationship between osteitis deformans and malignant tumors,
of which a certain number of the patients have died. ..."
4. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1898)
"There is an intimate relation between osteitis deformans and the formation of
malignant tumors. Of 8 cases traced to the end, 5 died with cancer or sarcoma. ..."
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