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disuse
(Latin: to wear out, to grow old; to fall into disuse; to grow out of use; elderly, older)
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“disuse”
A decrease in bone mass that occurs with sedentary people or patients resulting from a lack of normal functional stress on the bones: Osteoporosis of disuse may occur during a prolonged period of bed rest or as the result of being exposed to periods of weightlessness, for example, astronauts in outer space.
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osteo-, oste-, ost-
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poro-, por-, pori- +
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