fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
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fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
- /ˌfaɪbɹəʊdɪsˈpleɪzɪə ɒˈsɪfɪkɑːnz pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvə/ UK
- /-ˈpleɪʒə-/ UK
- /ˌfaɪbɹoʊdɪsˈpleɪʒ(i)ə ɒˈsɪfɪkænz pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪvə/ US
- /-ˈpleɪziə-/ US
- /-pɹoʊ-/ US
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*h₃ésth₁
From English fibrodysplasia, and borrowed from New Latin ossificans + Latin prōgressīvā, literally “abnormal development of fibrous tissue with ossification that is progressive”:
* Fibrodysplasia is derived from fibro- (prefix meaning ‘fibre; fibrous’) (from Latin fibra (“fibre; filament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”)) + dysplasia (“abnormal development of cells or tissue”) (from dys- (prefix meaning ‘abnormal; disease’) + -plasia (suffix meaning ‘formation; growth’)).
* Ossificans is from Latin ossīs (a plural form of ossum (“bone”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”)) + -ficāns (the present active participle of -ficō (suffix forming chiefly causative or factitive verbs)).
* Prōgressīvā is the ablative feminine singular of prōgressīvus (“progressive”), from prōgressus (“advanced, proceeded; developed, progressed”) (the perfect active participle of prōgredior (“to advance, proceed; (figurative) to develop, progress”), from prō- (prefix denoting a forward direction) + gradior (“to step; to walk; to advance”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to go; to walk”))) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives).
The disease was originally termed myositis ossificans progressiva in 1868. The use of fibrodysplasia in place of myositis was suggested by K. H. Bauer and W. Bode in 1940, and adopted by the American medical geneticist Victor A. McKusick (1921–2008) in his work Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue (1956).
noun FOP
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A very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including ligaments, muscles, and tendons) ossifies (“transforms into bone”) when damaged.
The cardinal manifestations of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva are microdactyly and progressive ossification of fascia, [aponeuroses], and other fibrous structures related to muscles.
Similar: Münchmeyer disease, myositis ossificans progressiva, stone man syndrome
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noun genetic disorder in which fibrous tissue ossifies when damaged
| Español | fibrodisplasia osificante progresiva |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 진행성 골화성 섬유이형성증 jinhaengseong golhwaseong seomyuihyeongseongjeung |
| 日本語 | 進行性骨化性線維異形成症 shin kōsei kotsu ka sei sen ī kei seishou |
| 中文 | 進行性骨化性纖維發育不良 /进行性骨化性纤维发育不良 jìnxíngxìnggǔhuàxìngxiānwéifāyùbùliáng |
| Português | fibrodisplasia ossificante progressiva |
| Deutsch | Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva |
| Italiano | fibrodisplasia ossificante progressiva |
| Română | fibrodisplazie osificantă progresivă |
| Русский | фибродисплази́я оссифици́рующая прогресси́рующая fibrodisplazíja ossificírujuščaja progressírujuščaja |
| Tiếng Việt | hội chứng người hoá đá |
| العربية | خلل التنسج الليفي المعظم المترقي |
| עברית | תסמונת FOP |
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