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The medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3ésth1 Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh1-der. Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek πένης (pénēs) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek πενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā)bor. English -penia English osteopenia From osteo- + -penia.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
骨質缺乏症 /骨质缺乏症
(gǔzhíquēfázhèng)
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Danish:
osteopeni
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Dutch:
osteopenie
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Finnish:
osteopenia
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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French:
ostéopénie
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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German:
Osteopenie
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Greek:
οστεοπενία
(osteopenía)
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Icelandic:
beinrýrð
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Indonesian:
osteopenia
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Irish:
oistéipéine
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Italian:
osteopenia
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Japanese:
オステオペニア
(osuteopenia)
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Japanese:
骨減少症
(kotsugenshōshō)
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Korean:
골감소증
(golgamsojeung)
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Norwegian:
osteopeni
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Portuguese:
osteopenia
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Russian:
остеопени́я
(osteopeníja)
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Spanish:
osteopenia
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Swedish:
osteopeni
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis
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Turkish:
osteopeni
— the medical condition of having low bone density, but not low enough to be considered osteoporosis