SYN: fragility. [L.]
- f. crinium brittleness of the hair; a condition in which the hair of the head or face tends to split or break off.
- f. sanguinis SYN: osmotic fragility.
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n.
abnormal brittleness or fragility, for example of the hair (fragilitas crinium) or the bones (fragilitas ossium; see osteogenesis imperfecta).
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fra·gil·i·tas (frə-jilґĭ-təs) [L., from frangere to break] fragility.Medical dictionary. 2011.