GC: n
S: MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/bonediseases.html (last access: 26 July 2017); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK45506/ (last access: 26 July 2017).
N: 1. – bone (n): Old English ban “bone, tusk, hard animal tissue forming the substance of the skeleton; one of the parts which make up the skeleton,” from Proto-Germanic *bainam (source also of Old Frisian and Old Saxon ben, Old Norse bein, Danish ben, German Bein).
– disease (n): Early 14c., “discomfort, inconvenience,” from Old French desaise “lack, want; discomfort, distress; trouble, misfortune; disease, sickness,” from des- “without, away” + aise “ease”. Sense of “sickness, illness” in English first recorded late 14c.; the word still sometimes was used in its literal sense early 17c.
2. Bone disease is a condition that damages the skeleton and makes bones weak and prone to fractures. Weak bones are not a natural part of aging. While strong bones begin in childhood, people of all ages can improve their bone health.
3. The most common bone disease is osteoporosis, which is characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone structure. Osteoporosis can be prevented, as well as diagnosed and treated. Low bone mass is when bones lose minerals, like calcium, that make them strong, and as a result, bones become weak and fracture easily. Fractures to weak bones typically occur from falling or other common accidents.
4. Other bone diseases include Paget’s disease and osteogenesis imperfecta. Paget’s disease affects older men and women, and causes skeletal deformities and fractures. Osteogenesis imperfecta is an inherited disorder that causes brittle bones and frequent fractures in children.
5. Not to be confused with the most recent meaning of “osteopathy” or “osteopathic medicine”:
1857, “disease of the bones,” from Greek osteon “bone” (from PIE root *ost- “bone”) + -pathy, from Greek -patheia, combining form of pathos “suffering, disease, feeling” (from PIE root *kwent(h) “to suffer”). As a system of treating ailments by the manipulation of bones, it dates from 1889.
A system of medical practice based on the theory that diseases are due chiefly to a loss of structural integrity in the tissues and that this integrity can be restored by manipulation.
6. Etymologically the name osteopathy is correct, meaning the influence of the bones in relation with disease, causation and cure, not bone disease or bone pain.
Osteopathy then means osteo (bone), pathy (incoming effects from). The “incoming effects from bones” when disorder exists among them, was the first subject developed by Dr Andrew Taylor Still and his followers.
This study led directly to natural immunity and structural integrity, two fundamental discoveries around which osteopathy is built.
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=bone%20disease (last access: 26 July 2017). 2 to 4. NewsMed – http://www.news-medical.net/health/Bone-Disease.aspx (last access: 26 July 2017). 5. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=bone%20disease (last access: 26 July 2017); TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=osteopathy&index=enr&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 26 July 2017); GDT – https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/8384650/osteopathie?utm_campaign=Redirection%20des%20anciens%20outils&utm_content=id_fiche%3D8384650&utm_source=GDT (last access: 19 November 2024). 6. Shefford – http://www.sheffordosteo.com/what-does-the-word-osteopathy-mean/ (last access: 26 July 2017).
SYN: osteopathology
S: FreeDict – http://www.thefreedictionary.com/osteopathology (last access: 26 July 2017); GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8384649 (last access: 26 July 2017).
CR: Mueller-Weiss syndrome, osteogenesis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteology, osteopath, osteopathy, osteoporosis, person with bone disease.
