osteogenesis imperfecta

osteogenesis imperfecta

English

Noun

osteogenesis imperfecta (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A hereditary disease characterized by brittle bones that easily fracture.

   Synonyms: brittle bone disease, glass bone disease (colloquial), OI

Translations

disease characterized by bones that easily fracture

Catalan: osteogènesi imperfecta f Chinese: Mandarin: 成骨不全症 (zh) (chéng gǔ bùquán zhèng) Dutch: brozebottenziekte f French: ostéogenèse imparfaite f German: Osteogenesis imperfecta f, Glasknochenkrankheit f Greek: ατελής οστεογένεση f (atelís osteogénesi), οστεοψαθύρωση (el) f (osteopsathýrosi) Hindi: आस्टियोजेनेसिस इम्परफेक्टा (āsṭiyojenesis imparphekṭā)

Italian: osteogenesi imperfetta f Japanese: 骨形成不全症 (こつけいせいふぜんしょう, kotsukeiseifuzen-shō) Korean: 골형성부전증 (golhyeongseongbujeonjeung) Oriya: ଓଷ୍ଟିଓଜେନେସିସ ଇମ୍ପରଫେକ୍ଟା (oṣṭiojenesisô impôrôphekṭa) Portuguese: osteogénese imperfeita f (Portugal), osteogênese imperfeita f (Brazil) Russian: несоверше́нный остеогене́з m (nesoveršénnyj osteogenéz) Spanish: osteogénesis imperfecta f, osteogenia imperfecta f

Further reading

• osteogenesis imperfecta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia