Karas remembered hearing, "It was a little 1-year-old boy with this horrible disease called osteopetrosis, and the only cure was a bone marrow transplant, and would I be willing?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

Welling was diagnosed at a very young age with a rare genetic condition known as osteopetrosis in which bone matter can crush bone marrow cavities and can lead to especially dense bones.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference

But some people actually lay down too much calcium in bone, a condition called "osteopetrosis" from "petros" as in stony.    From Wordnik.com.  [- The Naked Scientists Naked Science Radio Show PODCAST - Stripping Down Science] Reference

One infant showed evidence of a rare congenital disease, osteopetrosis or "stone bones.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Secrets in the Skeletons] Reference

T. DONES: In the chest x-ray, his bones were chalk white, whereas in a baby they are supposed to be transparent, so all the symptoms pointed to osteopetrosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2005] Reference

GUPTA: Pediatric osteopetrosis is a condition in which the bones become thicker and thicker, eventually destroying the optic nerves, causing brain damage, compressing the organs, and ultimately leading to death.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2005] Reference

The company markets ACTIMMUNE for chronic granulomatous disease and osteopetrosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [GuruFocus Updates -] Reference

Shortly after Brooklyn was born, it was discovered she had an extremely rare bone disorder known as malignant infantile osteopetrosis.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Other researchers had previously found that two children in a Turkish family have mutations in the gene that encodes RANK, leading to osteopetrosis, a condition in which the bones become very dense and brittle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews] Reference

I must confess that my initial thought on seeing the name Toulouse Lautrec was to wonder whether alcoholism, syphilis, voyeurism, dwarfism, osteopetrosis and inbreeding make the ideal image for a family eaterie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aidan Brooks: Trainee Chef] Reference