osteoporosis

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/ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounosteoporosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoporoses)

plural osteoporoses

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπῶρος“tuff, a porous type of rock”
  2. Ancient Greekπώρωσις“petrification, callousness”
  3. Ancient Greekὀστέον“bone”
  4. Englishosteoporosis

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.

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Translations

Afrikaans osteoporose
  • osteoporosebone disease
Arabic هَشَاشَةُ العِظَام
  • هَشَاشَةُ العِظَام (hašāšatu l-ʕiẓām)bone disease
Catalan osteoporosi
  • osteoporosibone disease
Chinese Mandarin 骨質疏鬆 /骨质疏松
  • 骨質疏鬆 /骨质疏松 (gǔzhìshūsōng, gǔzhíshūsōng)bone disease
Czech osteoporóza
  • osteoporózabone disease
Dutch botontkalking, osteoporose
  • botontkalkingbone disease
  • osteoporosebone disease
Finnish osteoporoosi, luukato
  • osteoporoosibone disease
  • luukatobone disease
French ostéoporose
  • ostéoporosebone disease
German Osteoporose
  • Osteoporosebone disease
Greek οστεοπόρωση
  • οστεοπόρωση (osteopórosi)bone disease
Icelandic beinþynning
  • beinþynningbone disease
Irish oistéapóróis
  • oistéapóróisbone disease
Italian osteoporosi
  • osteoporosibone disease
Japanese 骨粗鬆症
  • 骨粗鬆症 (kotsusoshōshō)bone disease
Korean 골다공증
  • 골다공증 (goldagongjeung)bone disease
Māori mate wheua pōareare
  • mate wheua pōarearebone disease
Persian پوکی استخوان
  • پوکی استخوان (puki-ye ostoxân)bone disease
Polish osteoporoza
  • osteoporozabone disease
Portuguese osteoporose
  • osteoporosebone disease
Russian остеопоро́з
  • остеопоро́з (osteoporóz)bone disease
Spanish osteoporosis
  • osteoporosisbone disease
Swedish benskörhet, osteoporos
  • benskörhetbone disease
  • osteoporosbone disease
  • urkalkningbone disease
Turkish osteoporoz, kemik erimesi
  • osteoporozbone disease
  • kemik erimesibone disease
Vietnamese chứng loãng xương
  • chứng loãng xươngbone disease

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with osteoporosis

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Cite this entry
APA

osteoporosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteoporosis

MLA

“osteoporosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteoporosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osteoporosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteoporosis.

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