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Paget's Disease

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Noun

1. osteitis deformans, paget's disease

a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Paget's Disease

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noun
1. Also called: osteitis deformans
a chronic disease of the bones characterized by inflammation and deformation
2. Also called: Paget's cancer
cancer of the nipple and surrounding tissue

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Paget's Disease

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1. 
a disease that deforms and weakens bones, in which rapid decalcification is followed by excessive calcification
2. 
a type of cancer usually involving the breast's larger ducts, areola, and nipple

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Paget's Disease

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n.
1. A disease, occurring chiefly in old age, in which the bones become enlarged and weakened, often resulting in fracture or deformation. Also called Paget's disease of bone.
2. A rare form of breast cancer involving the areola and nipple and usually associated with underlying ductal carcinoma. Also called Paget's disease of the breast, Paget's disease of the nipple.

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