Defenition of the word osteoporosis

• Defenition of the word osteoporosis

  • A disease of bone that leads to an increased risk of fracture.
  • abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones; common in postmenopausal women
  • abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women

Hyponyms for the word osteoporosis

• • dowager's hump

Hypernyms for the word osteoporosis

• • pathology

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