periostitis
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of periostitis
First recorded in 1835–45; periost(eum) + -itis
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Was there a deficiency of nutrition at this point? or anemia from some change in the nutrient artery,—the result of the periostitis of the long bones?
From Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society by Joseph Bradford Cox
In the later stages of acquired syphilis, gummatous periostitis and osteomyelitis occur, and are characterised by the formation in the periosteum and marrow of circumscribed gummata or of a diffuse gummatous infiltration.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Suppurative periostitis is met with in foot cases, commonly in connection with punctured foot.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
In simple acute periostitis the membrane is thicker and redder than normal, and is easily stripped from the bone.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
This forms a near approach to what is known in human surgery as an infective periostitis, and in our subjects is nearly always met with in cases of severe prick.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
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