hypomineralization

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English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ mineralization.

Noun

hypomineralization (countable and uncountable, plural hypomineralizations)

  1. Insufficient mineralization
    • 2015 August 21, Svetlana V. Komarova et al., “Mathematical model for bone mineralization”, in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, volume 3, →DOI:
      To compare the model predictions to the phenotype of bone disorders known to result in abnormal mineralization, we examined hypomineralization in osteomalacia and hypermineralization in osteogenesis imperfecta.