what does osteoporosis mean?
OSTEOPOROSIS as NOUN
- Meaning
- abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium
- most common in postmenopausal women
Hypernyms(s) osteoporosis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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