# osteoporosis

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/ · frequency rank #29,405

## Definitions
1. A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.

## Common misspellings (17)
`osetoporosis`, `ossteoporosis`, `osteooprosis`, `osteopoorsis`, `osteoporoiss`, `osteoporosiss`, `osteoporossi`, `osteoporossis`, `osteoporrosis`, `osteoporsois`, `osteopporosis`, `osteoproosis`, `ostepoorosis`, `ostoeporosis`, `ostteoporosis`, `otseoporosis`, `soteoporosis`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/osteoporosis