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osteopetrosis's Usage Examples:

Adult (delayed-onset) osteopetrosis may not become evident until after age 20.

This condition is usually less severe than early-onset or malignant infantile osteopetrosis and is not normally life-threatening.

Intermediate osteopetrosis generally appears in children under age ten.

Although this form of osteopetrosis is called "malignant," it is not a type of cancer.

Early-onset osteopetrosis can be a fatal condition, with death occurring before the age of two.

Severe malignant infantile osteopetrosis (early-onset osteopetrosis) is the most severe form of osteopetrosis.

Other forms of osteopetrosis progress at a more rapid pace and destroy bone structure, which can involve bones throughout the body, although the lower jaw is never affected.

Osteopetrosis occurs when there is a failure in bone resorption.

Osteopetrosis is also called chalk bones, ivory bones, or marble bones.

Osteopetrosis (plural osteopetroses) is a rare inherited disorder that makes bones increase in both size (mass) and fragility.

osteopetrosis's Meaning':

an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated