adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bone
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Osteoporosis Otherwise known as brittle bone disease, osteoporosis is a major cause of disability and premature death.
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Toning exercises also help protect against the brittle bone disease osteoporosis.
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He felt drawn, close to exhaustion, his skin stretched tight, like parchment, over his brittle bones .
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In brittle bone disease, collagen is abnormal in strength or in the links between the fibres.
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As the Venets' experience shows, trying to avoid fractures in brittle bone children can be very difficult.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Perming makes your hair more brittle .
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Relations between the two countries are still very brittle .
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The building's electrical wiring was worn and brittle , causing a fire hazard.
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The paper was old and brittle .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the comic form he has chosen is too brittle to contain his appalled indignation.
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The result was a sweaty medley, harsh and brittle on the surface, but cheesy and rotten underneath.
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The thick slash lying everywhere had been packed down, and decay had made it brittle .
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Then the brittle pupal case had cracked at the top, where the adult moth had emerged.