periostitis
Americannoun
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inflammation of the periosteum.
noun
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inflammation of the periosteum
Other Word Forms
- periostitic adjective
Etymology
Origin of periostitis
First recorded in 1835–45; periost(eum) + -itis
Example Sentences
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Simple acute periostitis may and often does end in resolution.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
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 Reeks, Harry Caulton
An old periostitis, for instance, will leave an arm rather easily liable to the development of various painful conditions.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
The periostitis thus set up invariably takes the osteoplastic form, and as a result of this we have growths of new bone in the near neighbourhood of the joint.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
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 Anstie, Francis E.
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