osteoporosis

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n. 骨质疏松症 [化] 骨质疏松; 骨质疏松症

发音

其它 /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/
US /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/

词形变化

osteoporoses 复数 osteoporoses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

    骨质疏松

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

pathology

下位词 1

dowager's hump

词源

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.

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