osteomalacia
Kelime Anlamı :

1. D vitamini eksikliğine bağlı kemik yumuşaması.
2. kemik yumuşaması.
3. Kemikleri yumuşatan bir hastalık, osteomalasi.
4. osteomalazi.
5. (isim) kemik yumuşaması.
Tanımlar :
1. A disease occurring mostly in adult women that results from a deficiency in vitamin D or calcium and is characterized by a softening of the bones with accompanying pain and weakness.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. also called malacia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. in pathology, a disease, most frequent in women, but also occurring in men, in which there is progressive disappearance of the earthy salts from the bones, which in consequence become soft and misshapen. also called malacosteon, and mollities ossium.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.