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A form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teeth
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pycnodysostosis
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n. a form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teeth
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Pycnodysostosis (from Greek : πυκνός (puknos) meaning "dense", dys ("defective"), and ostosis ("condition of the bone")), is a lysosomal storage disease of the bone caused by a mutation in the gene that codes the enzyme cathepsin K .
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n. (context medicine English) A genetic disorder characterized by dense, fragile bones and dwarfism