osteomalacia
osteomalacia noun: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets.
Noun
osteomalacia (countable and uncountable, plural osteomalacias)
- A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets.
- In some skeletons from a 19th-century hospital site in The Netherlands, macroscopic changes suggestive of osteomalacia were present, but firm diagnosis required microscopic study of a bone sample to verify defective mineralization at the microstructural level.2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 27
osteomalacia meaning in Tamil
osteomalacia in Tamil
- எலும்பு வளைவு நோய், ஒஸ்ரியோமலேசியா, அத்திமெலிவு, எலும்புநலிவு, எலும்புமெலிவு, எலும்பு வலுக்குறைதல்
Forms of osteomalacia
| plural | osteomalacias |
|---|---|
| alternative form | osteo-malacia |
Origin of osteomalacia
From osteo- + malacia.
Questions about osteomalacia
- What does osteomalacia mean?
- Osteomalacia means a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets.
- What is osteomalacia in Tamil?
- Osteomalacia in Tamil is எலும்பு வளைவு நோய், ஒஸ்ரியோமலேசியா, அத்திமெலிவு. See Osteomalacia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is osteomalacia?
- Osteomalacia is a noun.
- What is the plural of osteomalacia?
- The plural of osteomalacia is osteomalacias.
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