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calcium deficiency

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calcium deficiency
1. Acute CD–see Hypocalcemia 2. Chronic calcium deficiency A long-term deficit of calcium, resulting in poor mineralization of bones, in adults, soft bones–osteomalacia and osteoporosis; in children, rickets, impaired growth. See Hypocalcemia.


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