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osteoporosis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osteoporosis  \Os`te*o*po*ro"sis\,  n.  [NL.;  osteo-  +  Gr  ?  pore.] 
  (Med.  &  Physiol.) 
  An  absorption  of  bone  so  that  the  tissue  becomes  unusually 
  porous. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  osteoporosis 
  n  :  abnormal  loss  of  bony  tissue  resulting  in  fragile  porous 
  bones;  common  in  postmenopausal  women 




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