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Definition: Osteomalacia |
OsteomalaciaNoun1. Abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Osteomalacia \Os`te*o*ma*la"ci*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression bone softness.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A condition marked by softening of the bones (due to impaired mineralization, with excess accumulation of osteoid), with pain, tenderness, muscular weakness, anorexia, and loss of weight, resulting from deficiency of vitamin D and calcium. (references) |
Medicine | A disease characterized by a gradual softening and bending of the bones with varying severity of pain; the disease may occur in persons exposed to cadmium. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Osteomalacia |
| Specialty definitions using "osteomalacia": Acidosis, Renal Tubular ♦ Calcifediol ♦ Hypophosphatemia, Familial. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Osteomalacia" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (osteomalacia), Portuguese (osteomalacia). |
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Health | Control of dietary intake of phosphorus requires patient education by the renal team and adherence by the patient to the recommended diet. Previous reliance on aluminum hydroxide to prevent absorption of phosphorus has been largely discontinued because of accumulation of aluminum in the brain and bone, leading to severe neurological disorders and osteomalacia. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Osteomalacia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Osteomalacia" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
osteomalacia | 57 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "osteomalacia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | osteomalaci. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | osteomalacie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ostéomalacie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Osteomalazie, Knochenerweichung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | osteomalacia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 骨軟化症 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "つな"かしょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 골질연". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osteomalaciaay osteomalacia. (various references) osteomalacia. (various references) kemik yumuşaması. (various references) chứng nhuyễn xương. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "osteomalacia": osteomalacias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "osteomalacia" (pronounced 'Os`te*o*ma*la"ci*a'): Breccia, Gastromalacia, Monoecia, Myrcia, Pistacia, Residencia, Scolecida, Semuncia, Uncia, Valencia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-i-l-m-o-o-s-t" | |
-3 letters: calamites, coelomata, mislocate. | |
-4 letters: atamasco, atomical, calamite, camelias, camisole, catalase, cataloes, celomata, clematis, climates, coaliest, comatose, loamiest, meticals, oatmeals, scolioma, societal, toilsome. | |
-5 letters: acetals, aloetic, amatols, amosite, asocial, atomics, atomies, atomise, caeomas, calmest, camails, camelia, camlets, catalos, celosia, citolas, citoles, climate, coastal, coeloms, comates, coolest, coolies, cooties, elastic, isolate, laciest, lactams, lactase, lactose. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-e-i-l-m-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: osteomalacias. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 73 74 65 6F 6D 61 6C 61 63 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ... - . --- -- .- .-.. .- -.-. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101111 01101101 01100001 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O s t e o m a l a c i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0073 0074 0065 006F 006D 0061 006C 0061 0063 0069 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)498586718179677867697567 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, tiếng Đan-mạch |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã" |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, francês, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, alemão, alemán, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, italiano, 이탈리아, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonés, Japonca, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonés, Japonca, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, kore'li, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, português, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, espanhol, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turque, türkisch, turco, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnameser, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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