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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Osteoporosis

/ôsˌ-tē-äpˌ-ẽr-ōs'-ĭs/ · Os·te·o·po·ro·sis · IPA /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/
01 n. An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous. It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women, and …
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    An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous. It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women, and predisposes the elderly to fractures of the bones.(Med. & Physiol.)