osteomalacia
See also: osteo-malacia
English edit
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Noun edit
osteomalacia (countable and uncountable, plural osteomalacias)
- (medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets
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medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization
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Italian edit
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Noun edit
osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacie)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɔs.te.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/, /ˌɔs.t͡ʃi.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌɔs.t͡ʃɪ.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɔs.t͡ʃjo.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌɔʃ.te.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/, /ˌɔʃ.t͡ʃi.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌɔʃ.t͡ʃɪ.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɔʃ.t͡ʃjo.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɔs.te.o.ma.laˈsi.a/
Noun edit
osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias)
- (medicine) osteomalacia (a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralisation)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias)
Further reading edit
- “osteomalacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014