osteitis deformans

Questions

What does osteitis deformans mean?

Paget's disease of bone.

Where does osteitis deformans come from?

From osteitis (“inflammation of bone”) + Latin dēfōrmāns (“deforming”). Named so because the disease was wrongly thought to be an inflammation of bones.

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