Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

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• postmenopausal osteoporosis — osteoporosis occurring in women within 3 to 20 years after menopause, affecting trabecular bone more than cortical bone, and manifested mainly by vertebral fractures of the painful crush type, hip fracture, Colles fracture, and increased tooth… …   Medical dictionary

• Osteoporosis — Classification and external resources A stooped back is often the result of osteoporosis. ICD 10 M …   Wikipedia

• Osteoporosis — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 M80 M82 CIE 9 733.0 …   Wikipedia Español

• Osteoporosis — Ostéoporose L ostéoporose est une maladie caractérisée par une fragilité excessive du squelette, due à une diminution de la masse osseuse et à l altération de la microarchitecture osseuse. C est une maladie fréquente chez les femmes après la… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Postmenopausal — After the menopause. Postmenopausal is defined formally as the time after which a woman has experienced twelve (12) consecutive months of amenorrhea (lack of menstruation) a full year without a period. The average length of the postmenopause has… …   Medical dictionary

• Osteoporosis — Os te*o*po*ro sis, n. [NL.; osteo + Gr. po ros pore.] (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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• osteoporosis — /os tee oh peuh roh sis/, n. Pathol. a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture, owing to loss of calcium and other mineral components, sometimes resulting in pain, decreased height, and skeletal… …   Universalium

• Osteoporosis — Thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein. Osteoporosis predisposes a person to fractures, which are often slow to heal and heal poorly. It is more common in older adults, particularly post… …   Medical dictionary

• PMO — postmenopausal osteoporosis; Principal Medical Officer …   Medical dictionary

• PMO — • postmenopausal osteoporosis; • Principal Medical Officer …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• Vitamin K — has also been used as a slang term for ketamine, an unrelated anaesthetic. Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone). Both forms of the vitamin contain a functional naphthoquinone ring and an aliphatic side chain. Phylloquinone has a phytyl side chain …   Wikipedia