Synonyms for osteoporosis
ˌɒs ti oʊ pəˈroʊ sɪsos·teo·poro·sis

Princeton's WordNet

1. osteoporosisnoun

   abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women

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1. • Pathology

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. osteoporosis

   Synonyms:
   Brittle bones

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1. Michael Gordon:

   This is how cigarette use complicates bone healing in fractures, and decreases fusion rates in spine surgery patients, and increases osteoporosis and fracture rates in smokers versus nonsmokers.

2. Peter Green:

   We don’t actually know why one person has diarrhea and another presents with abdominal pain or osteoporosis.

3. Prince Charles:

   She's done an enormous amount for the whole issue around osteoporosis, which of course runs in her family.

4. Umberto Volta:

   The most striking change in clinical presentation of celiac disease over time has been the decrease of diarrhea as the leading symptom and the progressive increase of other non-classical gastrointestinal symptoms (such as constipation, bloating and alternate bowel habits as well as gastro-esophageal reflux, nausea, vomiting and dyspepsia), a high proportion of celiac disease patients did not show any gastrointestinal symptom, but they displayed extra-intestinal manifestations such as iron-deficiency anemia, unexplained osteoporosis, abnormalities of liver-function tests and recurrent miscarriages.

5. Juan Silva Suazo:

   So many years of sacrifice, it has cost me so much to make my house and now that I´m retired, I have no way of making it back, i have polio, I cannot stand for a long time, or sit for a long time either as I have osteoporosis in my hips, knees and feet. We are sleeping in a bathroom right now, it´s terrible.