periostitis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of periostitis
First recorded in 1835–45; periost(eum) + -itis
Example Sentences
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Purulent periostitis follows wounds which reach the periosteum and become infected, as observed in compound fractures, or it may result from advancing purulent conditions in neighboring structures, as in foul foot.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Symptoms.—This condition of periostitis is often difficult to determine.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
The disease may begin either in the interior of the bodies of the vertebræ—tuberculous osteomyelitis—or in the deeper layer of the periosteum on the anterior surface of the bones—tuberculous periostitis.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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 Anshutz, Edward Pollock
Suppurative periostitis is met with in foot cases, commonly in connection with punctured foot.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
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