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Osteomalacia

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Noun

1. osteomalacia

abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D

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Osteomalacia

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noun
a disease in adults characterized by softening of the bones, resulting from a deficiency of vitamin D and of calcium and phosphorus

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Osteomalacia

see synonyms of osteomalacia
noun
a bone disease characterized by a softening of the bones, resulting from deficient bone calcification

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Osteomalacia

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n.
A bone disease in adults analogous to rickets in children, marked by bone demineralization caused by impaired metabolism or deficiency of vitamin D or phosphorus.

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