Usually means: Abnormal softening of the bones.
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  5. malacosteon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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▸ noun:  (pathology) Morbid softness of the bones; osteomalacia.

Similar:
osteo-malacia, odontomalacia, malacia, osteomalacia, craniomalacia, mollities ossium, cardiomalacia, calcinosis, myelomalacia, leucomalacia, more...

Opposite:
osteosclerosis, osteopetrosis

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Similar:
osteo-malacia, odontomalacia, malacia, osteomalacia, craniomalacia, mollities ossium, cardiomalacia, calcinosis, myelomalacia, leucomalacia, more...

Opposite:
osteosclerosis, osteopetrosis



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