osteosclerosis

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁

Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der.

English osteo-

English sclerosis

English osteosclerosis

From osteo- + sclerosis.

Noun

osteosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoscleroses)

1. (medicine) An increase in bone density

Derived terms

• dysosteosclerosis

Translations

increase in bone density

• Catalan: osteoesclerosi (ca) f
• Finnish: osteoskleroosi
• Greek: οστεοσκλήρυνση (el) f (osteosklírynsi), οστεοσκλήρωση (el) f (osteosklírosi)