Paget's disease

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 Sir James PAGET.]

1. A disease, occurring chiefly in old age, in which the bones become enlarged and weakened, often resulting in fracture or deformation. Also called osteitis deformans.
2. A breast cancer affecting the areola and nipple.
3. A skin cancer arising from apocrine sweat glands.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities
  Synonym: osteitis deformans

Sir James Paget, a prolific surgeon and pathologist, described several diseases, including:

• Paget's disease of bone (most common use of Paget's disease)
• Paget's disease of the breast
• Paget-Schroetter disease
• Extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD)

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