Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A disease characterized by a decrease in bone mass and density, occurring especially in postmenopausal women, resulting in a predisposition to fractures.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Morbid absorption of bone proceeding from the Haversian canals, so that it becomes abnormally porous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med. & Physiol.) An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous. It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women, and predisposes the elderly to fractures of the bones.
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- noun pathology A
disease , occurring especially inwomen followingmenopause , in which thebones becomeextremely porous and aresubject tofracture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The meaning of the term osteoporosis originates from osteo, meaning bone, and porosis which implies thinning or getting more porous.
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The meaning of the term osteoporosis originates from osteo, meaning bone, and porosis which implies thinning or getting more porous.
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The meaning of the term osteoporosis originates from osteo, meaning bone, and porosis which implies thinning or getting more porous.
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The meaning of the term osteoporosis originates from osteo, meaning bone, and porosis which implies thinning or getting more porous.
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The meaning of the term osteoporosis originates from osteo, meaning bone, and porosis which implies thinning or getting more porous.
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The meaning of the term osteoporosis originates from osteo, meaning bone, and porosis which implies thinning or getting more porous.
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The meaning of the term osteoporosis originates from osteo, meaning bone, and porosis which implies thinning or getting more porous.
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The meaning of the term osteoporosis originates from osteo, meaning bone, and porosis which implies thinning or getting more porous.
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This heightened risk of osteoporosis is probably due to the drastic drop in calcium and vitamin D absorption that occurs with these drugs.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific M.D. Hyla Cass 2010
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Ocean acidification is often referred to as osteoporosis of the oceans because as acidity rises, shell building creatures such as lobster, oyster, crab, shrimp, and coral are unable to extract the calcium carbonate from the water that they need to build their shells and are thus unable to survive.
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