monostotic fibrous dysplasia
- noun
- /ˌmɒnəˈstɒtɪk ˈfaɪbrəs dɪsˈpleɪʒə/
- Specialized
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displasia fibrosa monostótica
- In a review of 269 patients with monostotic fibrous dysplasia, Nager and Holliday found craniofacial involvement in 31%.
Examples
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After analyzing the patient's symptoms and X-rays, the specialist diagnosed her with monostotic fibrous dysplasia affecting her left femur.
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In this article, we describe a case of monostotic fibrous dysplasia in a middle-aged woman who responded well to medical treatment.
Academic text (2006) -
We report the case of a middle-aged woman with longstanding monostotic fibrous dysplasia who responded well to conservative treatment.
Academic text (2006) -
The diagnosis of monostotic fibrous dysplasia was confirmed through imaging studies showing fibrous tissue growth in a single bone.
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Doctors often see monostotic fibrous dysplasia in patients when only one bone exhibits abnormal fibrous tissue development.
How Extensive
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
monostotic + fibrous + dysplasia
The component words 'fibrous' and 'dysplasia' transparently combine to mean abnormal growth of fibrous tissue, so the core medical concept is compositional. However 'monostotic' is a specialized medical modifier (roughly indicating a single bone) that is not obvious to a B1 learner and relies on technical morphology, so the full phrase is only partly predictable without specialist knowledge.
Etymology
Monostotic fibrous dysplasia comes from mono- meaning 'one' and fibrous dysplasia meaning bone is replaced by thread-like tissue. Picture one bone slowly becoming softer and fibrous, and that's why the name means a disease that affects 'one bone' only.
