Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paget's disease of bone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: paget's dis-ease of bone
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chronic disorder characterized by abnormal bone destruction and regrowth.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after British pathologist James Paget, who described the disease in 1877.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Paget disease of bone (alternative) Paget's disease (alternative) Paget disease (alternative)

Synonyms

osteitis deformans

Questions

What does paget's disease of bone mean?: A chronic disorder characterized by abnormal bone destruction and regrowth.
Where does paget's disease of bone come from?: Named after British pathologist James Paget, who described the disease in 1877.

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