Associations to the word «Osteomalacia»

Wiktionary

OSTEOMALACIA, noun. (medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets

Dictionary definition

OSTEOMALACIA, noun. Abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca