osteomalacia

See also: osteo-malacia

English

Alternative forms

osteo-malacia

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Noun

osteomalacia (countable and uncountable, plural osteomalacias)

(medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets

Related terms

osteomalacic

Translations

medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization

Finnish: osteomalasia (fi)
Greek: οστεομαλακία (el) f (osteomalakía), οστεομαλάκυνση (el) f (osteomalákynsi)
Hungarian: csontlágyulás (hu)
Irish: oistéamalaice f
Italian: osteomalacia (it) f
Polish: osteomalacja (pl) f
Portuguese: osteomalacia f
Romanian: osteomalacie (ro) f, osteomalacii f pl

Italian

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Noun

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacie)

(pathology) osteomalacia

Portuguese

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Pronunciation

(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

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias)

(medicine) osteomalacia (a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralisation)

Spanish

Noun

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias)

osteomalacia

Further reading

“osteomalacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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