noun

definition

A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets

Examples of osteomalacia in a Sentence

Certain rare inherited disorders can cause normal kidneys to lose phosphorus, which causes osteomalacia.

Chronic use of laxatives may result in fluid and electrolyte imbalances, steatorrhea, osteomalacia, diarrhea, cathartic colon, and liver disease.

Vitamin D levels may be insufficient and bring about a softening of bones (osteomalacia), which produces pain and bony deformities, such as flattening or bending.

However, adults can better handle a vitamin D deficiency than children, so their symptoms of osteomalacia may not seem as worrisome, acute or pressing.

In adults, severe vitamin D deficiency results in osteomalacia, which confers both weakness of bones and of the muscles.

Owing to this influence it has been used in rickets and osteomalacia.

Failure of osteoid to calcify in the adult is called osteomalacia.

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