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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The wound becomes contaminated, and the case of simple periostitis is soon changed into the suppurative form.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
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
Symptoms.—This condition of periostitis is often difficult to determine.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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
Flattening and atrophy of nerves from periostitis, or from concentric hypertrophy in narrowed bony canals, have frequently been discovered.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
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