In pathology terms the difference between rickets and osteoporosis
is that rickets is a disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft bones while osteoporosis is a disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
rickets
Noun
(-)
(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft bones.
Synonyms
* rachitis, rhachitis
Related terms
* ricketiness
* rickety
See also
* osteomalacia
* rachitic
Anagrams
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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
