osteoporosis

English

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ -porosis.

Noun

osteoporosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoporoses)

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

Derived terms

osteoporotic

Translations

bone disease

Catalan: osteoporosi f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 骨質疏鬆 (zh), 骨质疏松 (zh) (gǔzhìshūsōng, gǔzhíshūsōng)
Czech: osteoporóza (cs) f
Dutch: botontkalking (nl), osteoporose (nl)
Finnish: osteoporoosi (fi), luukato (fi)
French: ostéoporose (fr) f
German: Osteoporose (de) f
Greek: οστεοπόρωση (el) (osteopórosi)
Icelandic: beinþynning
Irish: oistéapóróis f

Japanese: 骨粗鬆症 (ja) (こつそしょうしょう, kotsusoshōshō)
Korean: 골다공증 (ko) (goldagongjeung) (骨多孔症 (ko))
Maori: mate wheua pōareare
Persian: پوکی استخوان‎ (puki-ye ostoxân)
Polish: osteoporoza (pl) f
Portuguese: osteoporose (pt) f
Russian: остеопоро́з (ru) m (osteoporóz)
Spanish: osteoporosis (es) f
Swedish: benskörhet (sv) c, osteoporos c, urkalkning c
Turkish: osteoporoz (tr), kemik erimesi (tr)
Vietnamese: chứng loãng xương

Spanish

Noun

osteoporosis f (plural osteoporosis)

osteoporosis

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