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renal osteodystrophy

noun

Medical Definition of RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY

:  a painful rachitic condition of abnormal bone growth that is associated with chronic acidosis, hypocalcemia, hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands, and hyperphosphatemia caused by chronic renal insufficiency—called also renal rickets

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