osteoporosis Definition
osteo·po·ro·sis (-pə rō′sis)
osteoporosis Usage Examples
Converse of object
- diagnose: Broadly, two approaches are employed to diagnose osteoporosis.
- prevent: Its calcium content may also help to prevent osteoporosis.
- induce: They also appear to be efficacious at preventing or treating corticosteroid induced osteoporosis at the femoral neck i.
- treat: The annual cost to the NHS of treating osteoporosis is estimated at £ 1.7 billion.
- reverse: A further way to prevent and even reverse osteoporosis is with a new product called Reosto.
- detect: For example, normal x-rays can only detect osteoporosis ( weakened bones ) when around one-third of the bone mass has already gone.
Converse of subject
affect: In Barking, Dagenham and Havering, based on national prevalence studies, there are about 23,000 people affected by osteoporosis.
Adjective modifier
- glucocorticoid-induced: Recommendations for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.
- corticosteroid-induced: Vitamin D plus calcium is more effective than no therapy or calcium alone in corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis.
- postmenopausal: We hope to identify mechanisms through which postmenopausal osteoporosis can be reversed in these women.
- post-menopausal: For a given bone mineral density, the risk of fracture in steroid-induced osteoporosis is twice as high as in post-menopausal osteoporosis.
- steroid-induced: The efficacy of calcitonin for fracture prevention in steroid-induced osteoporosis remains to be established.
- juvenile: No published reports were found on idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis ) 7k.
Modifies a noun
- prevention: The role of HRT in osteoporosis prevention was considered in more detail later in the conference.
- screening: To start with, the patient health services packages will offer customers cholesterol testing, health diagnostic testing, allergy and osteoporosis screening.
- treatment: A study has already established that patients prefer monthly to weekly osteoporosis treatments.
- therapy: At present we are witnessing a significant change in the osteoporosis therapy market.
Noun used with modifier
- bone: Lack of vitamin D makes development of the bone disease osteoporosis more likely.
- disease: Lack of vitamin D makes development of the bone disease osteoporosis more likely.
Preposition: in
woman: The incidence of osteoporosis in women is far greater than that seen in men.
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