Osteomalacia Definition

ŏstē-ō-mə-lāshə, -shē-ə
noun
A bone disease characterized by a softening of the bones, resulting from deficient bone calcification.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Osteomalacia

Noun

Singular:
osteomalacia
Plural:
osteomalacias

Origin of Osteomalacia

  • New Latin osteo– Greek malakiā softness (from malakos soft mel-1 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • osteo- +"Ž malacia

    From Wiktionary

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.

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Words Starting With

OOSOST

Words Ending With

AIACIA

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