OSTEOPOROSIS
\ˌɒstɪˌɒpɔːɹˈə͡ʊsɪs], \ˌɒstɪˌɒpɔːɹˈəʊsɪs], \ˌɒ_s_t_ɪ__ˌɒ_p_ɔː_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of OSTEOPOROSIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women
By Princeton University
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abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Reduction of bone mass without alteration in the composition of bone, leading to fractures. Primary osteoporosis can be of two major types: postmenopausal osteoporosis (OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL) and age-related or senile osteoporosis.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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1. A disease of bone marked by increased porosity from widening of the Haversian canals and softness from absorption of the calcareous material. 2. In horses and other Equidoe a specific disease marked by enlargement of the softened and porous bone; big-head, swelled head.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Induration of a bone, from the deposition of too much bony matter. Also, a bony degeneration, which consists in too great porosity with hardening.[?]
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The absorption taking place in the methembryonic development of bone, whereby the medullary canals and adjacent medullary spaces are greatly enlarged.
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A variety of eccentric atrophy occurring in bones and resulting in a. widening of the medullary spaces and an increase of their contents, of which fatty matter forms a very important element.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
