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S: http://www.carehospitals.com/specialty/nephrology/conditions-treatments/bone-disease-in-ckd/ (last access: 26 July 2017); http://www.ivsolutions.com/blog/cystic-fibrosis-bone-disease-complications (last access: 26 July 2017).

N: 1. In spite of etymology, the term “osteopath” is not used in English (specially American English) as “person with bone disease”.
osteopath (n): 1897, back-formation from osteopathy.
osteopathy (n): 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.
2. In people with bone disease related to kidney failure, bone cells called osteoclasts and osteoblasts are often not in balance. This condition is called renal osteodystrophy, also known as Chronic Kidney Disease – Mineral Bone Disease (CKD-MBD). The bone cells get out of balance when calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), phosphorus and activated vitamin D are all out of balance.
3. Not to be confused with “osteopath” and synonyms “osteopathic physician”, “doctor of osteopathy”, “D.O.”, “osteopathist”: A practitioner of osteopathy.

S: 1. OED – http://goo.gl/z2gHnL (last access: 26 July 2017). 2. http://www.carehospitals.com/specialty/nephrology/conditions-treatments/bone-disease-in-ckd/ (last access: 26 July 2017); FCB. 3. TERMIUM PLUS – http://goo.gl/k47Ktk (last access: 26 July 2017).

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CR: bone disease, osteogenesis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteology, osteopath, osteopathy, osteoporosis.