Svensk definition
Benskörhet som beror på att mängden av benvävnad minskar. Skelettetblir poröst och bräckligt och risken för frakturer ökar. Två typer förekommer: benskörhet efter menopaus (postmenopausal osteoporos) och åldersrelaterad benskörhet.
Osteoporosis
Benskörhet
Engelsk definition
Reduction of bone mass without alteration in the composition of bone, leading to fractures. Primary osteoporosis can be of two major types: postmenopausal osteoporosis (OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL) and age-related or senile osteoporosis.
Svenska synonymer
Osteoporos — Post-traumatisk osteoporos — Åldersrelaterad osteoporos — Senil osteoporos
Engelska synonymer
Osteoporoses — Osteoporosis, Post-Traumatic — Osteoporosis, Post Traumatic — Post-Traumatic Osteoporoses — Post-Traumatic Osteoporosis — Osteoporosis, Senile — Osteoporoses, Senile — Senile Osteoporoses — Osteoporosis, Involutional — Senile Osteoporosis — Osteoporosis, Age-Related — Osteoporosis, Age Related — Bone Loss, Age-Related — Age-Related Bone Loss — Age-Related Bone Losses — Bone Loss, Age Related — Bone Losses, Age-Related — Age-Related Osteoporosis — Age Related Osteoporosis — Age-Related Osteoporoses — Osteoporoses, Age-Related