Glossary for Pregnancy-associated osteoporosis
- Back pain: Pain from the back or spine.
- Hip pain: Pain in the hip region
- Osteoporosis: Bone thinning and weakening from bone calcium depletion.
- Poor growth: Poor body growth or delayed physical development.
- Pregnancy: The condition of supporting a fetus from conception till birth.
- Vertebral fracture: A fracture of the vertebra of the back
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