osteoporosis
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.
Pronunciation
Noun
osteoporosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoporoses)
- (pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
Derived terms
Translations
bone disease
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
osteoporosis f (plural osteoporosis)
Further reading
- “osteoporosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10