Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A disease, occurring chiefly in old age, in which the bones become enlarged and weakened, often resulting in fracture or deformation.
- noun A form of breast cancer affecting the areola and nipple.
- noun A skin cancer arising from apocrine sweat glands.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Eczema about the nipple, terminating in carcinoma.
- noun Arthritis and osteitis deformans.
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- noun pathology The bone disease osteitis deformans.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Sir James Paget.]
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Named after British surgeon James Paget (1814-1899) who was the first to describe this disease.
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