Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun osteopetrosis

1 sense of osteopetrosis

Sense 1
osteopetrosis, Albers-Schonberg disease, marble bones disease -- (an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated)
       => genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition -- (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)