noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pathology
Narrower terms: dowager's hump
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
osteoporose
— bone disease
Arabic:
هَشَاشَةُ العِظَام
(hašāšatu l-ʕiẓām)
— bone disease
Catalan:
osteoporosi
— bone disease
Chinese Mandarin:
骨質疏鬆 /骨质疏松
(gǔzhìshūsōng, gǔzhíshūsōng)
— bone disease
Czech:
osteoporóza
— bone disease
Dutch:
botontkalking
— bone disease
Dutch:
osteoporose
— bone disease
Finnish:
osteoporoosi
— bone disease
Finnish:
luukato
— bone disease
French:
ostéoporose
— bone disease
German:
Osteoporose
— bone disease
Greek:
οστεοπόρωση
(osteopórosi)
— bone disease
Icelandic:
beinþynning
— bone disease
Irish:
oistéapóróis
— bone disease
Italian:
osteoporosi
— bone disease
Japanese:
骨粗鬆症
(kotsusoshōshō)
— bone disease
Korean:
골다공증
(goldagongjeung)
— bone disease
Māori:
mate wheua pōareare
— bone disease
Mongolian:
ясны сийрэгжилт
(jasny siiregžilt)
— bone disease
Mongolian:
яс сийрэгжих
(jas siiregžix)
— bone disease
Mongolian:
ᠶᠠᠰᠤᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠡᠢᠢᠷᠡᠭᠵᠢᠯᠲᠠ
(yasun-ü seiireɣǰilta)
— bone disease
Mongolian:
ᠶᠠᠰᠦ ᠰᠡᠢ᠌ᠢᠷᠡᠭᠵᠢᠬᠦ
(yasü seiiregǰikü)
— bone disease
Persian:
پوکی استخوان
(puki-ye ostoxân)
— bone disease
