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A deficiency of copper can cause increased bone fragility.
The fragility of donor hearts, livers and other organs means they are usually transported by air.
The collapse of the bank is an ominous reminder of the fragility of the world's banking system.
The latest violence has underlined the fragility of the region's security.
Because of the fragility of the documents, they cannot be touched by the public.
Given the fragility of the discs, they are not suitable for long-term archiving.
Her illness was a painful reminder of the fragility of life.
I always felt that there was a kind of emotional fragility about her.
The diverse symptoms of schizophrenia, including perceptual, cognitive, and social impairments, may have arisen as a consequence of the developmental fragility of these complex networks.
How can one not see in this fragility of the voices present, the very picture of doubt, even, and of scepticism?
Yet by the mideighteenth century this fragility was no longer confined to the court.
To point to this fragility in relation to other masculinities is not to deny middle-class men's social power over women or the lower classes.
