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osteitis

Noun

os=te=i=tis

WORDNET DICTIONARY

osteitis(n = noun.state) - inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration;

is a kind of inflammation, redness, rubor

osteitis, n. [NL. See Osteo-, and -itis.].

Inflammation of bone. [1913 Webster]

osteitis, n. inflammation of the substance of a bone.

Etymology

Gk osteon bone + -ITIS

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