osteomyelitis
os·te·o·my·e·li·tis
noun \-ˌmī-ə-ˈlī-təs\Definition of OSTEOMYELITIS
: an infectious usually painful inflammatory disease of bone often of bacterial origin that may result in the death of bone tissue
Origin of OSTEOMYELITIS
New Latin
First Known Use: 1854
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