osteomalacia

== English == === Alternative forms === osteo-malacia === Etymology === From osteo- +‎ malacia. === Noun === osteomalacia (countable and uncountable, plural osteomalacias) (medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets ==== Related terms ==== osteomalacic ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology === From osteo- +‎ malacia. === Noun === osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacie) (pathology) osteomalacia == Portuguese == === Etymology === From osteo- +‎ malacia. === Pronunciation === === Noun === osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias) (medicine) osteomalacia (a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralisation) === Further reading === “osteomalacia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “osteomalacia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌosteomaˈlaθja/ [ˌos.t̪e.o.maˈla.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˌosteomaˈlasja/ [ˌos.t̪e.o.maˈla.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: os‧te‧o‧ma‧la‧cia === Noun === osteomalacia f (plural osteomalacias) osteomalacia === Further reading === “osteomalacia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025