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osteolathyrism

osteolathyrism noun: a collagen cross-linking deficiency brought on by dietary overreliance on the seeds of plants of the genus Lathyrus, especially Lathyrus sativus, the grass pea.

Noun

osteolathyrism (uncountable)

  1. A collagen cross-linking deficiency brought on by dietary overreliance on the seeds of plants of the genus Lathyrus, especially Lathyrus sativus, the grass pea.

Origin of osteolathyrism

From osteo- + lathyrism.

Words formed from osteolathyrism

Questions about osteolathyrism

What does osteolathyrism mean?
Osteolathyrism means a collagen cross-linking deficiency brought on by dietary overreliance on the seeds of plants of the genus Lathyrus, especially Lathyrus sativus, the grass pea.
What part of speech is osteolathyrism?
Osteolathyrism is a noun.

Words near osteolathyrism in the dictionary

  1. osteokinematic
  2. osteokinematics
  3. osteokines
  4. osteolaemine
  5. osteolaemines
  6. osteolathyrism
  7. osteolathyrogenic
  8. osteolepid
  9. osteolepidid
  10. osteolepidids
  11. osteolepids

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