osteoporosis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/
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Noun
osteoporosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoporoses)
Derived terms
Translations
bone disease
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /osteopoˈɾosis/ [os.t̪e.o.poˈɾo.sis]
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: os‧te‧o‧po‧ro‧sis
Further reading
- “osteoporosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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