Bone loss may refer to a number of entities:
- Osteoporosis, a condition in which overall bone density decreases
- Periodontitis, a condition in which the supporting bone around teeth exhibits resorption
Famous quotes containing the words bone and/or loss:
“Sang a bone upon the shore;
“A child found all a child can lack,
Whether of pleasure or of rest,
Upon the abundance of my breast”:
A bone wave-whitened and dried in the wind.
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.”
—Titus Livius (Livy)