Paget

[ paj-it ]

/ ˈpædʒ ɪt /

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noun

Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.

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How to use Paget in a sentence

Paget finally had been struck in his right leg by a cannon shot.
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He had joined local firefighters in saving the Paget portrait.
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Paget, like the French, found not one single shred of evidence to support any of them.
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It is said that Paget has ordered a certain number of sheep and cattle to be slaughtered daily for the brigade.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers

More prisoners came in, and also our old friends the Munsters, and General Paget.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers
Mrs. Paget was seldom admitted to family counsels, and felt herself something of a stranger in her sister's house.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
Mr. Paget filled different situations in the ministry afterwards, and was repeatedly subjected to ecclesiastical censures.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire|Thomas Coleman
Lady Alfred Paget is badly coloured, and looks in an incipient stage of blue cholera.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850|Various

Medical definitions for Paget

Paget

[ păj′ĭt ]

Sir James 1814-1899

British surgeon and pathologist who discovered (1834) the parasitic worm that causes trichinosis, described (1874) Paget's disease of the breast, and identified (1877) osteitis deformans.

Scientific definitions for Paget

Paget

[ păj′ĭt ]

Sir James 1814-1899

British surgeon and researcher who was a pioneer of modern pathology. He discovered the cause of trichinosis in 1834, reported on diseases of the bones and joints, and described Paget's disease.