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lionitis
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Etymology
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lion
+
-itis
, from the leonine facial appearance in some cases.
Noun
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lionitis
(
uncountable
)
craniodiaphyseal
dysplasia
: a rare autosomal-recessive
bone
disorder
that causes
calcium
to build up in the
skull
, disfiguring the facial features and reducing life expectancy