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malacia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osteomalacia  \Os`te*o*ma*la"ci*a\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  bone  +  ? 
  softness.]  (Med.) 
  A  disease  of  the  bones,  in  which  they  lose  their  earthy 
  material,  and  become  soft,  flexible,  and  distorted.  Also 
  called  {malacia}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  malacia 
  n  :  a  state  of  abnormal  softening  of  tissue 




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