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Definition 2024


-malacia

-malacia

See also: malacia

English

Suffix

-malacia

  1. (medicine) used to denote an abnormal "softening of the tissues"; malacia

Derived terms

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  • osteomalacia (rickets)
  • chondromalacia patellae (degenerative cartilage disease)

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