Paget'sdisease

Pag·et's disease (păjʹĭts) n.

1. A disease, occurring chiefly in old age, in which the bones become enlarged and weakened, often resulting in fracture or deformation.

2. A form of breast cancer affecting the areola and nipple.

3. A skin cancer arising from apocrine sweat glands.

  [After Paget, Sir James.]

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