Meanings
adjectiveosteoabsorptiometric (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to osteoabsorptiometry
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ésth₁
- Ancient Greekὀστέον (ostéon)
- Englishosteo-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
- Proto-Italic*sorβeō
- Latinsorbeō
- Latinabsorbeō
- Latinabsorptiō
- Englishabsorption
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Ancient Greekμετρῐκός (metrĭkós)
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Latinmetrum
- Latinmetricus
- Englishabsorptiometric
- Englishosteoabsorptiometric
From osteo- + absorptiometric.
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APA
osteoabsorptiometric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteoabsorptiometric
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“osteoabsorptiometric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteoabsorptiometric. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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