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osteomyelitis
[ os-tee-oh-mahy-uh-lahy-tis ]
noun
- an inflammation of the bone and bone marrow, usually caused by bacterial infection.
osteomyelitis
/ ˌɒɪəʊˌɪɪˈɪɪ /
noun
- inflammation of bone marrow, caused by infection
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of osteomyelitis1
Example Sentences
The newly published paper in the journal Advanced Materials, tackles the complex clinical problem of bone infection, or osteomyelitis, which affects one in around 5,000 people within the US only each year.
"On both her back and her hip, the tissue had become completely necrotic and her wounds infected with MRSA. She developed osteomyelitis and overwhelming sepsis."
As a child after overcoming bone infection osteomyelitis in his leg, his parents sold their house in Newcastle, Australia, to pay for a plane ticket so he could pursue his footballing dream in England.
The researchers concluded that this titanosaur had a rare bone condition called osteomyelitis, which causes severe inflammation.
The veterinary school tweeted that the gator’s right rear leg is being assessed for a cause of lameness, and the preliminary evaluation showed evidence of osteomyelitis.
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