OSTEOMALACIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("osteomalacia" is a kind of...):

malacia (a state of abnormal softening of tissue)

Meronyms (parts of "osteomalacia"):

demineralisation; demineralization (abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone))

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