brittle bone disease

noun

variants or less commonly brittle bones

Examples of brittle bone disease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Xuân Trương is a co-founder of Access CLT and a licensed clinical social work associate who was born with Osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as OI or brittle bone disease. Dasia Williams, Charlotte Observer, 19 July 2024 Our working diagnosis was osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone disease, an extremely rare condition that weakens bones. Amitha Kalaichandran, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2018 There’s Tollsyn Crandall, the 13-year-old with Osteogenesis imperfecta, a brittle bone disease. Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2022 Thompson is also a disability rights speaker, facilitator and consultant who has osteogenesis imperfecta (commonly known as brittle bone disease) and is also a little woman who uses a wheelchair, and is hard of hearing. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 A few years ago, Lee and Germain-Lee tested this drug on mice diagnosed with a version of brittle bone disease. Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2020 Whiley was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, an affliction commonly referred to as brittle bone disease. Wayne Coffey, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2020 Monatsi, 49, has a genetic condition known as brittle bone disease, which led to numerous arm and leg fractures. Michael Laris, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2020 The kid representing Russia at the Model UN is played by an actor who has osteogenesis imperfecta (a genetic disorder also known as brittle bone disease), and that isn’t even mentioned. Katie Musgrave, refinery29.com, 20 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brittle bone disease was in 1960

Dictionary Entries Near brittle bone disease

Cite this Entry

“Brittle bone disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brittle%20bone%20disease. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

brittle bone disease

noun
variants also brittle bones
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!