transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌäs-tē-ō-mə-ˈlā-sh(ē-)ə ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin, from oste- + Greek malakia softness, from malakos soft — more at mollify
Date: circa 1834
: a disease of adults that is characterized by softening of the bones and is analogous to rickets in the young