osteomalacia

See also: osteo-malacia

English

Alternative forms

• osteo-malacia

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Noun

osteomalacia (countable and uncountable, plural osteomalacias)

1. (medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets

Related terms

• osteomalacic

Translations

medicine: a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization

• Finnish: osteomalasia (fi)
• Greek: οστεομαλακία (el) f (osteomalakía), οστεομαλάκυνση (el) f (osteomalákynsi)
• Hungarian: csontlágyulás (hu)
• Irish: oistéamalaice f
• Italian: osteomalacia (it) f
• Polish: osteomalacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: osteomalacia f
• Romanian: osteomalacie (ro) f, osteomalacii f pl

Italian

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Noun

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacie)

1. (pathology) osteomalacia

Portuguese

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɔs.te.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/, /ˌɔs.t͡ʃi.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌɔs.t͡ʃɪ.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɔs.t͡ʃjo.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɔs.te.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/, /ˌɔs.t͡ʃi.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌɔs.t͡ʃɪ.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɔs.t͡ʃjo.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌɔʃ.te.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/, /ˌɔʃ.t͡ʃi.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌɔʃ.t͡ʃɪ.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌɔʃ.t͡ʃjo.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɔs.te.o.ma.laˈsi.a/

Noun

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias)

1. (medicine) osteomalacia (a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralisation)

Spanish

Noun

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias)

1. osteomalacia

Further reading

• “osteomalacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10