osteomyelitis
Americannoun
noun
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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
"On both her back and her hip, the tissue had become completely necrotic and her wounds infected with MRSA. She developed osteomyelitis and overwhelming sepsis."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022
Tests confirmed sepsis, and the wound had grown so deep that it infected the sacral bone in his back, a condition known as osteomyelitis, the lawsuit said.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2018
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
Definition of Terms.—Any diseased process that affects the periosteum is spoken of as periostitis; the term osteomyelitis is employed when it is located in the marrow.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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