Definition of "osteosclerosis" [‖Os•te•o•scle•ro•sis]

• An increase in bone density (noun)

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• "Likewise, activating mutations of Lrp5 in mice and humans cause osteosclerosis, a high bone mass disorder resulting from increased osteoblast activity"
• "Krm genes resulted in increased bone formation and osteosclerosis, thereby suggesting a physiological influence of Krm1 and Krm2 on bone formation with functional redundancy."
• "Likewise, while Sost-deficient mice displayed osteosclerosis, an osteoblast-specific over-expression of"