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osteoporosis
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As a noun, osteoporosis means a disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
Meanings of osteoporosis
2 meaningsnoun
pathologyA disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
Abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women
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