Paget's disease
/ˈpædʒɪt/noun
mass noun
1
- a chronic disease of the elderly characterized by alteration of bone tissue, especially in the spine, skull, or pelvis, sometimes causing severe pain; osteitis deformans佩吉特氏病, 变形性骨炎。
2
- an inflammation of the nipple associated with breast cancer佩吉特氏病, 乳晕乳头炎性癌变。
词源
late 19th cent.: named after Sir James Paget （1814-99）， English surgeon.