Term: fibrous dysplasia of bone: a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: giro: a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: handspike: a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: nuclear medicine: the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: grill: a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: call forwarding: lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial direct
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: gauge: the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: rockers: originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: bletilla striata: Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: oil refinery: a refinery for petroleum
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: poon: wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars