osteomalacia

osteomalacia

See also: osteo-malacia

English

Alternative forms

• osteo-malacia

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Noun

osteomalacia (countable and uncountable, plural osteomalacias)

1. (medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets

Related terms

• osteomalacic

Translations

medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization

Finnish: osteomalasia (fi) Irish: oistéamalaice f Italian: osteomalacia (it) f

Polish: osteomalacja (pl) f Portuguese: osteomalacia f

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Italian

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Noun

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacie)

1. (pathology) osteomalacia

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Portuguese

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Noun

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias)

1. (medicine) osteomalacia (a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralisation)