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HALISTERESIS

\hˌalɪstəɹˈiːsɪs], \hˌalɪstəɹˈiːsɪs], \h_ˌa_l_ɪ_s_t_ə_ɹ_ˈiː_s_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of HALISTERESIS

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Softening of bone and losing their salts.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

[Greek] A condition in which the system or a part of it is deprived of its mineral salts; as H. ossium (=osteomalacia).

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Deficiency of mineral salts in apart, as bone.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The loss in bones of from 1/3 to 1/2 of their lime salts, producing abnormalities such as osteomalacia. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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