fibrodysplasia

fibrodysplasia
- f. ossificans progressiva [MIM*135100] a generalized disorder of connective tissue in which there is ectopic ossification with bone replacing tendons, fasciae, and ligaments; a lethal genetic disorder of autosomal dominant inheritance. SEE ALSO: fibrous dysplasia of bone.

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n.
abnormal development affecting connective tissue.

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fi·bro·dys·pla·sia (fi″bro-dis-plaґzhə) abnormality in development of fibrous connective tissue.

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