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Osteomyelitis vs Osteoporosis - What's the difference?

osteomyelitis | osteoporosis |

In pathology terms the difference between osteomyelitis and osteoporosis

is that osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone while osteoporosis is a disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

osteomyelitis

English

(wikipedia osteomyelitis)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (pathology) An infection of the bone

    • osteoporosis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia osteoporosis) (osteoporoses)
  • (pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

    • Derived terms

    * osteoporotic