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Definition 2024

osteoporosis

osteoporosis

English

Noun

osteoporosis ‎(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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 骨質疏鬆 (zh), 骨质疏松 (zh) ‎(gǔzhìshūsōng or gǔzhíshūsōng)
Czech: osteoporóza f
Dutch: botontkalking, 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))
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