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osteoporosis

/ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
os-teo-poro-sis
IPA
/ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ὀστέον, πώρωσις, πῶρος

Usage

Inflected Forms

osteoporoses (plural)

Derived Forms

antiosteoporosis osteoporotic

Rhymes With

tuberculosis stenosis osmosis atherosclerosis endometriosis neurofibromatosis actinomycosis kocis diagnosis prognosis sclerosis hypnosis

Questions

How do you pronounce osteoporosis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/.
What does osteoporosis mean?
A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
Where does osteoporosis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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