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Definitions

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  • noun Abnormal development of fibrous tissue.

Etymologies

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fibro- +‎ dysplasia

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Examples

  • "And Harry has something called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Patients born with a disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) are locked into this fate, often becoming severely disabled before adulthood.

    Later On 2009

  • Patients born with a disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) are locked into this fate, often becoming severely disabled before adulthood.

    Later On 2009

  • Patients born with a disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

    Scientific American 2009

  • PHILADELPHIA - An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), in which the body's skeletal muscles and soft connective tissue turns to bone, immobilizing patients over a lifetime with a second skeleton.

    R&D Mag - News 2009

  • Patients born with a disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) are locked into this fate, often becoming severely disabled before adulthood.

    Later On 2009

  • Our daughter, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in 1985 at the age of 6, and we first met Dr. Kaplan a few years after that.

    Americans of Generous Heart and Mind 2007

  • The study has important implications for understanding the rare genetic disorder fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a condition studied by the authors who care for most of the world's 700 patients with the condition.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The study has important implications for understanding the rare genetic disorder fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a condition studied by the authors who care for most of the world's 700 patients with the condition.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • The 13-year-old, from West London, is suffering from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

    Home | Mail Online 2009

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