marble bones disease
- noun
- /ˈmɑrbəl boʊnz dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de los huesos de mármol
- The doctor diagnosed the child with marble bones disease after reviewing the X-rays showing unusually dense bones.
Examples
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Because the bone marrow cavity may be affected, marble bones disease can lead to issues with blood cell production.
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Patients with marble bones disease often require regular monitoring due to potential complications.
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Doctors diagnosed her with marble bones disease last year.
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My brother has marble bones disease and needs special treatment.
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The doctor diagnosed the child with marble bones disease after reviewing the X-rays showing unusually dense bones.
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Patients with marble bones disease often require regular monitoring due to potential complications.
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Because the bone marrow cavity may be affected, marble bones disease can lead to issues with blood cell production.
Synonyms
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A rare disease passed from parents in which bones become too dense and can harm bone marrow
A disorder passed from parents that makes bones much denser and can fill the space inside bones
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a descriptive compound where 'marble' modifies 'bones' and 'disease' signals a medical condition; a learner knowing 'marble' (hard/dense stone), 'bones', and 'disease' can infer it is a disorder making bones marble-like (very dense/hard). This compositional, adjectival metaphor is straightforward and follows common noun-compound patterns, so the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Marble bones disease gets its name from how bones look in X-ray pictures: the bones become very hard and dense like marble, and the spaces inside for bone marrow shrink. So the name refers to 'a condition that runs in families where bones are too dense and can lose the space for marrow'.