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Bone Diseases

Medical Definition:
Guide Notes: "disappearing bone" = OSTEOLYSIS, ESSENTIAL; TN 143: do not confuse with OSTEOPATHY see OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, the specialty dealing with bone dis; inflamm dis = OSTEITIS
Bone Diseases Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Bone Diseases, Developmental
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Bone Diseases, Endocrine - Diseases of the bones related to hyperfunction or hypofunction of the endocrine glands.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Bone Malalignment - Displacement of bones out of line in relation to joints. It may be congenital or traumatic in origin.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Bone Resorption - Bone loss due to osteoclastic activity.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Eosinophilic Granuloma - The most benign clinical form of Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL), which involves localized nodular lesions of the gastric mucosa, small intestine, bones, lungs, or skin, with infiltration by eosinophils. The proliferating cell that appears to be responsible for the clinical manifestations is the Langerhans cell.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Epiphyses, Slipped
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hyperostosis - Increase in the mass of bone per unit volume.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Osteitis Deformans - A disease marked by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair, resulting in weakened, deformed bones of increased mass. The resultant architecture of the bone assumes a mosaic pattern in which the fibers take on a haphazard pattern instead of the normal parallel symmetry.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic - A conditioned chiefly characterized by thickening of the skin of the head and distal extremities, deep folds and furrows of the skin of the forehead, cheeks, and scalp, seborrhea, hyperhidrosis, periostosis of the long bones, digital clubbing, and spadelike enlargement of the hands and feet. It is more prevalent in the male, and is usually first evident during adolescence. It is believed to be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic - Symmetrical osteitis of the four limbs, chiefly localized to the phalanges and the terminal epiphyses of the long bones of the forearm and leg, sometimes extending to the proximal ends of the limbs and the flat bones, and accompanied by dorsal kyphosis and joint involvement. It is often secondary to chronic conditions of the lungs and heart. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Osteochondritis - Inflammation of bone and cartilage.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Osteonecrosis - Death of a bone or part of a bone, either atraumatic or posttraumatic.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Spinal Diseases

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