osteoporosis

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• Osteoporosis — Classification and external resources A stooped back is often the result of osteoporosis. ICD 10 M …   Wikipedia

• Osteoporosis — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 M80 M82 CIE 9 733.0 …   Wikipedia Español

• osteoporosis — f. patol. Osteopatía metabólica muy frecuente que se caracteriza por una disminución de la masa ósea de un hueso, debido a una ampliación de los conductos internos sin que haya descalcificación. Es frecuente en afectados por enfermedades… …   Diccionario médico

• osteoporosis — (plural osteoporosis) sustantivo femenino 1. (no contable) Área: medicina Enfermedad producida por la pérdida de tejido óseo en los huesos: La osteoporosis suele afectar más a las mujeres …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

• Osteoporosis — Os te*o*po*ro sis, n. [NL.; osteo + Gr. po ros pore.] (Med. & Physiol.) An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous. It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women, and predisposes the elderly to fractures …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• osteoporosis — 1846, from OSTEO (Cf. osteo ) + Gk. poros passage, pore, voyage (see PORE (Cf. pore) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

• osteoporosis — ► NOUN ▪ a medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile, typically as a result of hormonal changes, or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D. DERIVATIVES osteoporotic adjective. ORIGIN from Greek poros passage, pore …   English terms dictionary

• osteoporosis — [äs΄tē ōpə rō′sis] n. [ModL < OSTEO + porosis, a porous condition < L porus, a PORE2 + OSIS] a bone disorder characterized by a reduction in bone density accompanied by increasing porosity and brittleness, found chiefly in women who have… …   English World dictionary

• Osteoporosis — Ostéoporose L ostéoporose est une maladie caractérisée par une fragilité excessive du squelette, due à une diminution de la masse osseuse et à l altération de la microarchitecture osseuse. C est une maladie fréquente chez les femmes après la… …   Wikipédia en Français

• osteoporosis — /os tee oh peuh roh sis/, n. Pathol. a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components, sometimes resulting in pain, decreased height, and skeletal… …   Universalium