| 单词 | marble bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarble bone marble bone n. [after German Marmorknochen] Medicine (a) (chiefly in plural) = marble bone disease n.; (b) a bone affected by osteopetrosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [noun] > hardening osteosclerosis1841 marble bone1922 osteopetrosis1926 1922 Arch. Surg. 5 462 In 1921, Schultz discussed the nature of the disease of marble bones (Albers–Schönberg). 1922 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 2 Dec. 1955/2 A patient..was found, on roentgen-ray examination, to have a pathologic fracture as the result of a rather obscure bone condition which has been termed osteosclerosis fragilis generalisata, Marmorknochen (marble bone), or Albers–Schönberg disease. 1947 Arch. Pathol. 43 73 Fractures in marble bones, for the most part, do not splinter. 1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xxi. 560 In osteopetrosis (Albers–Schönberg's disease; marble bones) the bones are abnormally hard and thick, but also easily fractured. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Nov. 5/1 Three of the Casino children were born with..osteopetrosis, commonly known as marble bones or ivory bones. 1988 Jrnl. Small Animal Pract. 29 153 Osteopetrosis was found in two adult cats, radiographically characterised by a ‘marble bone’ appearance of the axial skeleton and of the subchondral bone of all joints. < as lemmas |
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