porosis

English

Noun

porosis (usually uncountable, plural poroses)

1. The formation of callus; the knitting together of broken bones.
   • 1971, Herbert Junghanns, Georg Schmorl, E. F. Besemann, The Human Spine in Health and Disease, page 119:

     Flat vertebrae and wedging spine of an aged woman who died from starvation are found as in the other malacic poroses.

See also

• osteoporosis
• coralporosis

Anagrams

• isopors

Latin

Adjective

porōsīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of porōsus