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Definition of Osteodystrophy
1. Noun. Defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
Definition of Osteodystrophy
1. Noun. (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Osteodystrophy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Osteodystrophy
Literary usage of Osteodystrophy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Osteoporosis Research, Education and Health Promotion (1993)
"Renal osteodystrophy The association of renal failure with skeletal disease and
hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands has been known for many years. ..."
2. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"There are two etiologies for the osteodystrophy: contamination of ... Animal
models (eg, rats, dogs, mice) for renal osteodystrophy were generally created ..."
3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... ( b) Radiographie evidence of osteodystrophy dysuria, flank pain, renal colic,
nocturia) ( c ) Stable anemia attributable to renal disease ( d ..."
4. Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards by Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water, National Research Council (2006)
"Patients with renal osteodystrophy can have higher fluoride concentrations ...
Whether some bone changes in renal osteodystrophy can be attributed to excess ..."
5. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1919)
"... in rapidly growing bones, and likens it to the disease known as snuffles in
the hog, using the term osteodystrophy deforma infantilis and senilis. ..."
6. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Such terms as renal osteodystrophy, renal rickets, renal dwarfism, de Toni-Fanconi
disease, nephrocalcinosis with rickets and dwarfism and renal nanism have ..."
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