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All adults over the age of 40 experience age-related bone loss. what is the term for this condition?

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The answer would be osteoporosis

Osteoporosis comes from word osteo- which mean bones and -porosis which means "pore". The term is used to describe a decrease in bone density which makes them seems like having multiple pores. It is found more in the old patient because the bone formation is decreased.
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