Usually means: Bone density loss, increased fragility.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. osteoporosis: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. osteoporosis: Merriam-Webster
  3. osteoporosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. osteoporosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. osteoporosis: Collins English Dictionary
  6. osteoporosis: Vocabulary.com
  7. Osteoporosis, osteoporosis: Wordnik
  8. osteoporosis: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. osteoporosis: Wiktionary
  10. osteoporosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. osteoporosis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. osteoporosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. osteoporosis: Dictionary.com
  14. osteoporosis: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Osteoporosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. osteoporosis: Rhymezone
  17. osteoporosis: FreeDictionary.org
  18. osteoporosis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. osteoporosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Osteoporosis: Health & Beauty Glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. osteoporosis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. osteoporosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Osteoporosis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Osteoporosis: Natural Health glossary
  7. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Osteoporosis: Merck Manuals
  9. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  10. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  11. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  12. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  13. osteoporosis: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  14. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  15. Osteoporosis: Scleroderma
  16. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  17. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  18. Osteoporosis: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  19. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  20. osteoporosis: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  21. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  22. osteoporosis: Medical dictionary
  23. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  24. Osteoporosis: Drug Medical Dictionary
  25. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. osteoporosis: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Osteoporosis: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See osteoporoses as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

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