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osteomyelitis

American  
[os-tee-oh-mahy-uh-lahy-tis] / ˌɒs ti oʊˌmaɪ əˈlaɪ tɪs /

noun

Pathology.
  1. an inflammation of the bone and bone marrow, usually caused by bacterial infection.


osteomyelitis British  
/ ˌɒstɪəʊˌmaɪɪˈlaɪtɪs /

noun

  1. inflammation of bone marrow, caused by infection

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of osteomyelitis

First recorded in 1850–55; osteo- + myelitis

Example Sentences

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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

As a child after overcoming bone infection osteomyelitis in his leg, his parents sold their house in Newcastle, Australia, to pay for a plane ticket so he could pursue his footballing dream in England.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2020

He encountered the pressure of comparisons with Cobb, one of baseball’s greatest players, and he had been hampered since childhood by the bone disease osteomyelitis.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2020

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

Relapsing Osteomyelitis.—As the term indicates, the various forms of relapsing osteomyelitis date back to an antecedent attack, and their occurrence depends on the capacity of staphylococci to lie latent in the marrow.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

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