Osteoporosis Definition

ŏstē-ō-pə-rōsĭs
osteoporosis
noun
A bone disorder characterized by a reduction in bone density accompanied by increasing porosity and brittleness, found chiefly in women who have passed menopause.
Webster's New World

Origin of Osteoporosis

  • New Latin osteo– Greek poros passage, pore pore2 –osis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From osteo- +"Ž porosis.

    From Wiktionary

Osteoporosis Sentence Examples

  • Its calcium content may also help to prevent osteoporosis.

  • Lack of vitamin D makes development of the bone disease osteoporosis more likely.

  • With growing concern about adult osteoporosis, it is important to realize that the mass of skeleton built during childhood and into early adulthood constitutes bone banked against inevitable later withdrawals.

  • I also have mild osteoporosis and mild cerebral palsy.

  • Girls and women with Turner syndrome should be treated with estrogen/progesterone to maintain their secondary sexual development and to protect their bones from osteoporosis until at the least the usual age of menopause (50 years).

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