periostitis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of periostitis
First recorded in 1835–45; periost(eum) + -itis
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In ordinary cases of suppurative periostitis the pus formed is yellow in colour, creamy thick, and free from pronounced odour—the so-called 'laudable' pus of the older writers.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
Before there is evidence of an exostosis, diagnosis of ringbone is not easy, for it is then a problem of detecting the presence of a ligamentous sprain, periostitis, or osteitis.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Therapeutically the drug has been used for palsy, "incompetency and tumultuous distressing cardiac action," mitral disease, chorea, epilepsy, retention of placenta, catarrhal deafness, menorrhagia, sciatica, rheumatism, periostitis, hydrothorax, and transient deafness.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
It is also very effective in different neuralgias of a gouty or rheumatic origin, as in ischias, prosopalgia, periostitis, and especially in earache, tearing pains in the ears, and otitis.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
An old periostitis, for instance, will leave an arm rather easily liable to the development of various painful conditions.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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