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Answer for the clue "Usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism ", 14 letters:
osteodystrophy

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Osteodystrophy is a general term for a dystrophic growth of the bone. It is defective bone development that is usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism . One form is renal osteodystrophy .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism

Usage examples of osteodystrophy.

They were all suffering from something called hypertrophic pulmonary osteodystrophy, which is what you would get if you were breathing a lot of abrasive ash—and they must have been breathing a lot of it because the ash was feet thick for hundreds of miles.