osteoporosis
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osteoporosis
- /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/
Rhymes with -əʊsɪs
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.
noun osteoporoses
- A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: osteoarthritis, bone, orthopaedic, disuse, bones, osteopsathyrosis, osteoporosity, osteoblastosis, osteochondropathy, osteogenesis imperfecta, paget's disease, dermatoporosis, osteodegeneration, osteonecrosis, osteitis deformans, bone loss
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noun bone disease
| Español | osteoporosis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 골다공증 goldagongjeung |
| 日本語 | 骨粗鬆症 kotsusoshōshō |
| 中文 | 骨質疏鬆 /骨质疏松 gǔzhìshūsōng, gǔzhíshūsōng |
| Português | osteoporose |
| Français | ostéoporose |
| Deutsch | Osteoporose |
| Italiano | osteoporosi |
| Ελληνικά | οστεοπόρωση osteopórosi |
| Русский | остеопоро́з osteoporóz |
| Tiếng Việt | chứng loãng xương |
| العربية | هَشَاشَةُ العِظَام hašāšatu l-ʕiẓām |
Talk about this word "osteoporosis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/osteoporosis. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. osteoporosis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/osteoporosis "osteoporosis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/osteoporosis.Cite this
@misc{osteoporosis_2026,
title = {osteoporosis},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/osteoporosis},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
