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Osteoporosis — Classification and external resources A stooped back is often the result of osteoporosis. ICD 10 M … Wikipedia
Osteoporosis — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 M80 M82 CIE 9 733.0 … Wikipedia Español
Osteoporosis — Ostéoporose L ostéoporose est une maladie caractérisée par une fragilité excessive du squelette, due à une diminution de la masse osseuse et à l altération de la microarchitecture osseuse. C est une maladie fréquente chez les femmes après la… … Wikipédia en Français
Postmenopausal — After the menopause. Postmenopausal is defined formally as the time after which a woman has experienced twelve (12) consecutive months of amenorrhea (lack of menstruation) a full year without a period. The average length of the postmenopause has… … Medical dictionary
Osteoporosis — Os te*o*po*ro sis, n. [NL.; osteo + Gr. po ros pore.] (Med. & Physiol.) An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous. It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women, and predisposes the elderly to fractures … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
osteoporosis — /os tee oh peuh roh sis/, n. Pathol. a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components, sometimes resulting in pain, decreased height, and skeletal… … Universalium
Osteoporosis — Thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein. Osteoporosis predisposes a person to fractures, which are often slow to heal and heal poorly. It is more common in older adults, particularly post… … Medical dictionary
PMO — postmenopausal osteoporosis; Principal Medical Officer … Medical dictionary
PMO — • postmenopausal osteoporosis; • Principal Medical Officer … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Vitamin K — has also been used as a slang term for ketamine, an unrelated anaesthetic. Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone). Both forms of the vitamin contain a functional naphthoquinone ring and an aliphatic side chain. Phylloquinone has a phytyl side chain … Wikipedia
