posttraumatic osteoporosis

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osteoporosis /os·teo·po·ro·sis/ (-por-o´sis) abnormal rarefaction of bone; it may be idiopathic or occur secondary to other diseases.osteoporot´ic

posttraumatic osteoporosis loss of bone substance following a nerve-damaging injury, sometimes due to an increased blood supply caused by the neurogenic insult, or to disuse secondary to pain; a component of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

Etymology: L, post, after; Gk, trauma, wound, osteon, bone, poros, passage, osis, condition

a loss of bone density that develops after an injury or other severe health episode. It may occur as a result of disease.

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