osteoporotic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or caused by osteoporosis.
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affected with osteoporosis; having increasingly porous or brittle bones owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components.
Etymology
Origin of osteoporotic
First recorded in 1905–10; osteoporo(sis) + -tic
Example Sentences
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Among the various types of fractures caused by osteoporosis, compression fractures of the spine, known as osteoporotic vertebral fractures, are the most common.
From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025
More than one in three women and one in five men will sustain one or more osteoporotic fractures in their lifetime.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024
Some research has also found that greater soy intake is associated with a lower risk of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023
Worldwide, one out of three women over age 50 and one out of five older men will develop an osteoporotic fracture—a hip, a wrist, a vertebra or two.
From Scientific American • Jan. 4, 2023
With an aging population, the cost of osteoporotic fractures is estimated to top $20 billion by 2015 in the U.S. alone.
From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2012
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