osteomalacia

See also: osteo-malacia

English

Alternative forms

osteo-malacia

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Noun

osteomalacia (countable and uncountable, plural osteomalacias)

(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)
French: ostéomalacie (fr) f
German: Osteomalazie f
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
Spanish: osteomalacia f
Turkish: osteomalazi

Italian

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ malacia.

Noun

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacie)

(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/
- (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)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌosteomaˈlaθja/ [ˌos.t̪e.o.maˈla.θja] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /ˌosteomaˈlasja/ [ˌos.t̪e.o.maˈla.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aθja (Spain)
Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: os‧te‧o‧ma‧la‧cia

Noun

osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias)

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], 10 December 2024