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Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia — A genetic disorder of bones, skin pigmentation and hormonal problems with premature sexual development. Also called McCune Albright syndrome or the Albright syndrome. In the syndrome, there is bone disease with fractures and deformity of the legs … Medical dictionary
polyostotic — poly·os·tot·ic … English syllables
polyostotic — |pälëˌä|städ.ik adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary poly + ost + otic : involving or relating to many bones … Useful english dictionary
polyostotic fibrous dysplasia — noun fibrous dysplasia of bone affecting multiple bones • Syn: ↑Albright s disease • Hypernyms: ↑fibrous dysplasia of bone … Useful english dictionary
Fibrous dysplasia, polyostotic — A genetic disorder of bones, skin pigmentation and hormonal problems with premature sexual development. Also called McCune Albright syndrome or the Albright syndrome. In the syndrome, there is bone disease with fractures and deformity of the legs … Medical dictionary
PFD — polyostotic fibrous dysplasia; pseudoinflammatory fundus disease … Medical dictionary
osteitis fibrosa disseminata — polyostotic fibrous dysplasia … Medical dictionary
McCune-Albright syndrome — polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of long bones coupled with café au lait spots and precocious puberty, occurring in both males and females [J. McCune (1902–76), US paediatrician; F. Albright (1900–69), US physician] … The new mediacal dictionary
PFD — • polyostotic fibrous dysplasia; • pseudoinflammatory fundus disease … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Albright syndrome — 1. A genetic disorder of bones, skin pigmentation and hormonal problems with premature sexual development. Also called McCune Albright syndrome and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. In the syndrome, there is bone disease with fractures and deformity … Medical dictionary
