osteomalacia en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English malacia English osteomalacia From osteo- + malacia.
Meanings
-
(countable, uncountable) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| osteo-malacia | alternative | lexicographic | |
| osteomalacias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (14)
ro osteomalacie (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · es osteomalacia (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · fr ostéomalacie (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · el οστεομαλακία (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · fi osteomalasia (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · el οστεομαλάκυνση (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · pl osteomalacja (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · ro osteomalacii (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · tr osteomalazi (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · ga oistéamalaice (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · it osteomalacia (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · pt osteomalacia (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · de Osteomalazie (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization) · hu csontlágyulás (medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization)