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osteoporotic

[ os-tee-oh-puh-rot-ik ]

adjective

, Pathology.
  1. of, relating to, or caused by osteoporosis.
  2. affected with osteoporosis; having increasingly porous or brittle bones owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of osteoporotic1

First recorded in 1905–10; osteoporo(sis) + -tic

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