osteomyelitis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of osteomyelitis
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The newly published paper in the journal Advanced Materials, tackles the complex clinical problem of bone infection, or osteomyelitis, which affects one in around 5,000 people within the US only each year.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
Over the next several weeks, Raymond is treated for unstable angina and osteomyelitis.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2019
Foerster also suffers from osteomyelitis, a rare bone infection, and, in April 2016, had to have both legs amputated above the knee.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2018
The Chicago Tribune reported that he been treated for osteomyelitis, a bone infection, among other health problems.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2017
Such common-place infections as boils, styes, abscesses and even the more serious osteomyelitis are likely to come at these times.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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