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OSTEOMALACIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("osteomalacia" is a kind of...):
malacia (a state of abnormal softening of tissue)
Meronyms (parts of "osteomalacia"):
demineralisation; demineralization (abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone))
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