骨粗鬆症

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See also: 骨質疏鬆

Japanese

骨粗鬆症 on Japanese Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
骨	粗	鬆	症
こつ Grade: 6	そ Grade: S	しょう Hyōgai	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
骨粗しょう症

Etymology

骨(こつ) (kotsu, “bone”) + 粗(そ)鬆(しょう) (soshō, “brittle”) + 症(しょう) (shō, “condition”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こつそしょーしょー (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

骨(こつ)粗(そ)鬆(しょう)症(しょう) • (kotsusoshōshō) ^{←こつそしようしやう (kotusosyousyau)^?}

osteoporosis

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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