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Osteomalacia

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Noun
  1. 1
    A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D wordnet

Etymology

From osteo- + malacia.

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