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osteoporotic
[ os-tee-oh-puh-rot-ik ]
adjective
, Pathology.
- of, relating to, or caused by osteoporosis.
- 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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