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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

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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

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

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

It may be instructive to describe the X-ray appearances of a long bone that has passed through an attack of acute osteomyelitis severe enough to have caused necrosis of part of the diaphysis.

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

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