OSTEOPOROSIS


Meaning of OSTEOPOROSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌäs-tē-ō-pə-ˈrō-səs ]

noun

( plural os·te·o·po·ro·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from oste- + porosis rarefaction, from porus pore + -osis

Date: 1846

: a condition that affects especially older women and is characterized by decrease in bone mass with decreased density and enlargement of bone spaces producing porosity and fragility

• os·te·o·po·rot·ic -ˈrä-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.