Noun: marble bones disease
- An inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated
"The child's frequent fractures and anaemia led to a diagnosis of marble bones disease";
- osteopetrosis, Albers-Schonberg disease
Type of: genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder