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osteoporosis
骨质疏松症
核心释义
osteoporosis
- 1.
一种疾病,尤其发生在绝经后女性中,骨骼变得极其多孔并易骨折。
A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
- 2.
骨组织异常流失导致骨骼脆弱多孔,通常因缺钙引起；最常见于绝经后女性
abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women
一种疾病,尤其发生在绝经后女性中,骨骼变得极其多孔并易骨折。；骨组织异常流失导致骨骼脆弱多孔,通常因缺钙引起；最常见于绝经后女性；骨质疏松症；[化] 骨质疏松; 骨质疏松症
用法In use
My grandmother was diagnosed with osteoporosis after she broke her hip.
用法提示：此处 osteoporosis 是名词，指一种骨骼疾病。
Doctors recommend weight-bearing exercise to help prevent osteoporosis.
用法提示：此处 osteoporosis 用作不可数名词，表示疾病名称。
Osteoporosis makes bones become weak and more likely to fracture.
用法提示：此处 osteoporosis 作主语，是疾病名称。
be diagnosed with osteoporosis
diagnose 常用被动语态。
She was diagnosed with osteoporosis at age sixty.
她六十岁时被诊断出骨质疏松症。
the risk of osteoporosis
risk of 后接疾病名称，表示患病风险。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- postmenopausal osteoporosis
- 绝经后骨质疏松症
- Postmenopausal osteoporosis is the most common type of the disease.绝经后骨质疏松症是该病最常见的类型。
- suffer from osteoporosis
- 患骨质疏松症
- Many older adults suffer from osteoporosis without knowing it.许多老年人患骨质疏松症却不自知。
- osteoporosis prevention
- 骨质疏松症的预防
- Calcium and vitamin D are essential for osteoporosis prevention.钙和维生素D对预防骨质疏松症至关重要。
- severe osteoporosis
- 重度骨质疏松症
- Severe osteoporosis can lead to fractures even after minor falls.重度骨质疏松症即使在轻微摔倒后也可能导致骨折。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把poro联想成pore（小孔）：骨头布满小孔，像海绵一样疏松易碎。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical consultations、health education materials、clinical reports 通常用于医疗和健康科普语境，属于中性的标准医学词汇，在日常口语中较少直接使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 osteoporosis 押韵，都以 -osis /oʊsɪs/ 结尾：diagnosis、prognosis、psychosis、neurosis、cirrhosis、tuberculosis。注意拼写相似的 osteoarthritis（骨关节炎）和 ostracize（排斥）读音不同，不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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