osteomalacia
Portuguese, noun/ˌɔs.te.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/
osteomalacia is spelled O-S-T-E-O-M-A-L-A-C-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese, the 258,761st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Osteomalacia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “osteomalacia (a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralisation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does osteomalacia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineosteomalacia (a softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralisation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of osteomalacia
- osteomalacias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce osteomalacia?
- Brazil /ˌɔs.te.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌɔs.t͡ʃi.o.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌɔs.t͡ʃjo.ma.laˈsi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to osteomalacia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is osteomalacia in Portuguese?
osteomalacia appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).