English Explanatory Dictionary

osteomalacia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets

Word forms

osteomalacia osteomalacias osteo-malacia

Etymology

From osteo- + malacia.

Related words

osteomalacic
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