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T score

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T score n. a measure of bone mineral density used to evaluate the degree of bone thinning detected on DEXA scanning. An individual's T score is the number of standard deviations above or below the mean reference value for young healthy adults. By convention, a score above –1 is considered normal and a score below –2.5 indicates osteoporosis.

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