Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually bacterial infection of bone and bone marrow in which the resulting inflammation can lead to a reduction of blood supply to the bone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the bone-marrow.
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- noun pathology An
infection of thebone
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- noun an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jiangbo's Osteomyelitis treatment tablets offer an alternative mild treatment and were clinically tested to be effective in treating long term osteomyelitis problems.
Medindia Health News 2010
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Hollingsworth said her injuries were caused by a bone infection known as osteomyelitis, not her use of the drugs.
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The doctors determined that it was not in fact gangrene but that she has a bone infection-technically called osteomyelitis - a tricky condition to treat that requires at minimum 45 days of IV antibiotics.
Planet Debian 2009
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_Disease of the bones of the skull_, such as osteomyelitis or syphilis, may be followed by cerebral abscess.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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A bit like my son who has had an undiagnosed painful bone infection for 14 years (originally told it was juvenile arthritis aged 7 but then osteomyelitis after his requested MRI scan in March).
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Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children and adolescents
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The story proper is dispatched, with deadpan swiftness, in the summary that precedes the study: a boy, Stephen, was hit by a slow-moving car; his knee was injured, infection set in, and he was hospitalized with a quite severe condition called osteomyelitis.
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He was kicked in the leg during a high school game and developed a dangerous bone infection, osteomyelitis.
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Through it all, Mantle continued his spectacular performance on the field, despite being in almost constant pain from osteomyelitis and other injuries.
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The story proper is dispatched, with deadpan swiftness, in the summary that precedes the study: a boy, Stephen, was hit by a slow-moving car; his knee was injured, infection set in, and he was hospitalized with a quite severe condition called osteomyelitis.
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