osteomalacia
Meaning of osteomalacia
noun
softening of the bones, typically through a deficiency of vitamin D or calcium.
early 19th century: modern Latin, from osteo- ‘bone’ + Greek malakos ‘soft’.
Information about osteomalacia
- It is a name.
- The plural form of osteomalacia is: osteomalacias.
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Hyphenation of osteomalacia
os-teo-ma-la-cia
- It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
- osteomalacia is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Words that rhyme with osteomalacia
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