Paget's disease

noun

Pathology. a chronic disease characterized by episodic accelerated bone resorption and growth of abnormal replacement bone, causing bone pain, deformation, fractures, and osteosarcoma; osteitis deformans.

Origin of Paget's disease

1875–80; named after Sir James Paget, who described it

British Dictionary definitions for paget's disease

Paget's disease
/ (ˈpædʒɪts) /

noun

Also called: osteitis deformans a chronic disease of the bones characterized by inflammation and deformation
Also called: Paget's cancer cancer of the nipple and surrounding tissue

Word Origin for Paget's disease

C19: named after Sir James Paget (1814–99), British surgeon and pathologist, who described these diseases

Medical definitions for paget's disease

Paget's disease

n.

A disease, occurring chiefly in old age, in which the bones become enlarged and weakened, often resulting in fracture or deformation. osteitis deformans
A breast cancer affecting the areola and nipple.
A skin cancer arising from apocrine sweat glands.

Scientific definitions for paget's disease

Paget's disease
[ păj′ĭts ]

A disease, occurring chiefly in the elderly, in which the bones become enlarged and weakened, often resulting in fracture or deformity.
A breast cancer manifested by inflammatory changes of the nipple and surrounding skin.