Albers-Schönberg, n. Path.
(ˌɑːlbəz ˈʃɜːnbɛəg)
Also -Schonberg.
The name of H. E. Albers-Schönberg (1865–1921), German radiologist, used attrib. and in the possessive to designate osteopetrosis as it occurs in man (described by him in 1904), esp. the mild form.
| 1922, etc. [see marble bone s.v. marble n. 9]. 1937 Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children LIV. 812 The right humerus appeared somewhat osteosclerotic... The increase in density approached that observed in cases of Albers-Schönberg's disease. 1986 Oxf. Compan. Med. II. 963/1 Osteopetrosis, also known as Albers-Schonberg or marble bone disease, is a rare genetically determined disorder of bone function. |