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Sir James Paget   /sər dʒeɪmz pˈædʒət/   Listen
Sir James Paget

noun
1.
English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899).  Synonym: Paget.





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"Sir James Paget" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bone.—This rare disease was first described by Sir James Paget in 1877. In the early stages, the marrow is transformed into a vascular connective tissue; its bone-eating functions are exaggerated, and the framework of the bone becomes rarefied, so that it bends under pressure as in osteomalacia. In course of time, ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Sir James Paget" :   diagnostician, Paget, pathologist


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