hypomineralization

hypomineralization

English

Etymology

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:10.3389/fcell.2015.00051:

     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.