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What is the medical terminology combining form meaning abnormal softening?
Malacia (or suffix: -malacia) means any abnormal softening of tissue.
What is the opposite of -malacia in medical terms?
The opposite of the suffix -malacia (softening) is -sclerosis (hardening).
Where did the word bonanza come from?
Bonanza is a Spanish word meaning good weather or prosperity. It is derived from a pseudo-Latin word bonacia ( from bonus= good), which was created by false analogy with the Latin malacia, a calm at sea (as if malacia were from malus=bad).
Is bronchial malacia a birth defect?
No
The opposite of -malacia is?
sclerosis
What is the medical term meaning Abnormal softening of the kidney?
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What does the medical terminology combining form -malacia mean?
-malacia means softening, so tracheomalacia is softening of the windpipe, and osteomalacia is softening of bones.
What is the opposite of -sclerosis?
The opposite of -sclerosis is -malacia.
What does the suffix of Malacia mean?
malacia means softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
What is onychomalacia is it an infection of the nails?
No. Onych/o - Nail Malacia - Abnormal softening
What is the medical term meaning pertaining to the softening of the spinal cord?
Meningomalacia; meningo refers to the meninges and -malacia means the abnormal softening of, so the literal definition is meninges, the abnormal softening of.meningomalaciaMeningomalaciameningomalacia
What is spinal myelomalacia?
malacia means softening myel means bone marrow
