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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 os·te·o·po·ro·sis /ˌɑstiopəˈrosəs/
 骨質疏鬆症

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 os·teo·po·ro·sis /ˌɑstɪopəˈrosəs/ 名詞
 骨質疏鬆(症),骨質疏鬆症

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Os·te·o·po·ro·sis n.  Med. & Physiol. An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous.  It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women, and predisposes the elderly to fractures of the bones.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 osteoporosis
      n : abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous
          bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in
          postmenopausal women