Osteomalacia Definition

Osteomalacia Sentence Examples

• Certain rare inherited disorders can cause normal kidneys to lose phosphorus, which causes osteomalacia.

• Chronic use of laxatives may result in fluid and electrolyte imbalances, steatorrhea, osteomalacia, diarrhea, cathartic colon, and liver disease.

• Vitamin D levels may be insufficient and bring about a softening of bones (osteomalacia), which produces pain and bony deformities, such as flattening or bending.

• However, adults can better handle a vitamin D deficiency than children, so their symptoms of osteomalacia may not seem as worrisome, acute or pressing.

• In adults, severe vitamin D deficiency results in osteomalacia, which confers both weakness of bones and of the muscles.