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osteoporosis

/ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/

osteoporosis noun: a disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

Noun

osteoporosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoporoses)

  1. A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

osteoporosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

osteoporosis in Hindi

ऑस्टियोपोरोसिस, ओस्टियोपोरोसिस, आस्टियोपोरोसिस

osteoporosis in Tamil

எலும்பு நுண்துளை, எலும்புத் தேய்மானம், எலும்புத் தேய்வு, தேய்தல், என்புத்துளையம், எலும்பு நைவு

osteoporosis in Marathi

ऑस्टियोपोरोसिस, ऑस्टिओपोरोसिस, ऑस्टियोपोरॉसिस

osteoporosis in Urdu

آسٹیوپوروسس, آسٹیوپوروسیس, آستیوپوروسس
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osteoporosis in Bengali
অস্টিওপোরোসিস, অস্টিওপরোসিস, অষ্টিওপোরোসিস
osteoporosis in Telugu
బోలు ఎముకల వ్యాధి
osteoporosis in Malayalam
ഓസ്റ്റിയോപൊറോസിസ്, ആസ്റ്റിയോപൊറോസിസ്, ഒസ്റ്റിയോപൊറോസിസ്
osteoporosis in Kannada
ಅಸ್ಥಿರಂಧ್ರತೆ, ಅಸ್ಥಿಭಿದುರತೆ
osteoporosis in Punjabi
ਓਸਟੀਓਪਰੋਰੋਸਿਸ, ਓਸਟੀਓਪੋਰੋਸਿਸ, ਓਸਟੀਓਪਰੋਸਿਸ
osteoporosis in Gujarati
ઓસ્ટીયોપોરોસિસ, ઓસ્ટિયોપોરોસિસ, ઑસ્ટિયોપોરોસિસ
osteoporosis in Odia
ଅଷ୍ଟିଓପୋରୋସିସ୍, ଅଷ୍ଟିଓପୋରୋସିସ, ଅସ୍ଟିଓପୋରୋସିସ୍
osteoporosis in Nepali
ओस्टियोपोरोसिस, ऑस्टियोपोरोसिस, अस्टियोपोरोसिस
osteoporosis in Arabic
هَشَاشَةُ العِظَام hašāšatu l-ʕiẓām
osteoporosis in Persian
پوکی استخوان puki-ye ostoxân
osteoporosis in Vietnamese
chứng loãng xương

Examples of osteoporosis in a sentence

  • His osteoporosis first manifested as pain in his hips.
  • Hypoestrogenemic amenorrhea has been associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis and fractures.
  • Her body was wracked with arthritis, rheumatism, Parkinson's, osteoporosis and more.

All 13 example sentences with osteoporosis

Forms of osteoporosis

pluralosteoporoses

Origin of osteoporosis

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.

Words formed from osteoporosis

Words that rhyme with osteoporosis

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Questions about osteoporosis

What does osteoporosis mean?
Osteoporosis means a disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
What is osteoporosis in Hindi?
Osteoporosis in Hindi is ऑस्टियोपोरोसिस, ओस्टियोपोरोसिस, आस्टियोपोरोसिस. See Osteoporosis meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is pronounced /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/.
What is the plural of osteoporosis?
The plural of osteoporosis is osteoporoses.

Words near osteoporosis in the dictionary

  1. osteopontin
  2. osteopontinin
  3. osteopontins
  4. osteoporitic
  5. osteoporoses
  6. osteoporosis
  7. osteoporosities
  8. osteoporosity
  9. osteoporotic
  10. osteoprecursor
  11. osteoprecursors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osteoporosis (page history and authors); osteoporosis (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); osteoporosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); osteoporosis (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); osteoporosis (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); osteoporosis (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); osteoporosis (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); osteoporosis (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); osteoporosis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); osteoporosis (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); osteoporosis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); osteoporosis (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); osteoporosis (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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