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A hereditary disease characterized by brittle bones that easily fracture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brittle bone disease, glass bone disease, OI, Vrolik's Syndrome
Antonyms: none provided
autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue characterized by brittle bones that fracture easily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: autosomal dominant disease, autosomal dominant disorder
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Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
osteogènesi imperfecta
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Chinese Mandarin:
成骨不全症
(chéng gǔ bùquán zhèng)
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Dutch:
brozebottenziekte
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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French:
ostéogenèse imparfaite
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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German:
Osteogenesis imperfecta
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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German:
Glasknochenkrankheit
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Greek:
ατελής οστεογένεση
(atelís osteogénesi)
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Greek:
οστεοψαθύρωση
(osteopsathýrosi)
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Hindi:
आस्टियोजेनेसिस इम्परफेक्टा
(āsṭiyojenesis imparphekṭā)
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Italian:
osteogenesi imperfetta
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Japanese:
骨形成不全症
(kotsukeiseifuzen-shō)
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Korean:
골형성부전증
(golhyeongseongbujeonjeung)
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Odia:
ଓଷ୍ଟିଓଜେନେସିସ ଇମ୍ପରଫେକ୍ଟା
(oṣṭiojenesisa imparaphekṭā)
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Polish:
wrodzona łamliwość kości
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Portuguese:
osteogénese imperfeita
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Portuguese:
osteogênese imperfeita
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Russian:
несоверше́нный остеогене́з
(nesoveršénnyj osteogenéz)
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Spanish:
osteogénesis imperfecta
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
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Spanish:
osteogenia imperfecta
— disease characterized by bones that easily fracture
