fibrous dysplasia of bone

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A bone condition where normal bone is replaced by soft tissue, making bones weak

noun
/ˈfaɪbrəs dɪsˈpleɪʒə əv boʊn/

Specialized

: displasia fibrosa del hueso

The X-ray revealed fibrous dysplasia of bone in the patient's femur, causing pain and deformity.

Examples

Children with fibrous dysplasia of bone may develop fractures more easily due to weakened bone structure.
Many patients with fibrous dysplasia of bone experience bone pain.
Researchers are studying new treatments for fibrous dysplasia of bone to improve quality of life for affected individuals.
Doctors diagnosed her with fibrous dysplasia of bone.
Children with fibrous dysplasia of bone may develop fractures more easily due to weakened bone structure.
The X-ray revealed fibrous dysplasia of bone in the patient's femur, causing pain and deformity.
Many patients with fibrous dysplasia of bone experience bone pain.

Surface Forms

fibrous dysplasia of bone singular

fibrous dysplasias of bone plural

Morphology

fibrous + dysplasia + of + bone

The phrase is fully compositional: 'fibrous' describes tissue made of fibers, 'dysplasia' denotes abnormal growth, and 'of bone' localizes the condition to bone, so the meaning (abnormal fibrous growth in bone replacing normal bone) follows directly from the parts. Although a specialist medical term, its modifier+noun+of-phrase structure is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer the overall meaning.

Etymology

Fibrous dysplasia of bone is a name that tells the story: fibrous means fiber-like soft tissue, dysplasia means wrong or bad growth, and bone is the hard part of the body, so the phrase shows that soft tissue has 'replaced' hard bone. That's why it refers to a bone condition where normal bone becomes 'weaker' and may break or change shape.