fibrous dysplasia of bone

1. 1.

   a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions

   Broaderdysplasia

   NarrowerAlbright's diseasemonostotic fibrous dysplasia

Questions about fibrous dysplasia of bone

What does fibrous dysplasia of bone mean?

fibrous dysplasia of bone means "a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions".

Is fibrous dysplasia of bone a common word?

fibrous dysplasia of bone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.