osteomyelitis

noun

os·te·o·my·e·li·tis | \ ˌä-stē-ō-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

Examples of osteomyelitis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When Kaline was 8, he was diagnosed with osteomyelitis, and 2 inches of bone was removed from his left foot. — Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2021 With the image, the researchers were able to diagnose the mystery lesions not as cancer, but as osteomyelitis. — Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020 Aureliano thought preparing thin tissue samples could help others further study osteomyelitis for purposes beyond just paleontology. — Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020 Bacterial dermatitis is a skin infection, tendinitis is an inflammation of the tendons, and osteomyelitis is an inflammation of bones. — Karl Schneider, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2020 In addition to a suite of bacteria in the birds, veterinarians there diagnosed the birds with bacterial dermatitis, tendinitis and osteomyelitis, Kerr wrote. — Karl Schneider, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2020 He had been hampered since childhood by the bone disease osteomyelitis. — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2020 The 39-year-old is a paraplegic and has osteomyelitis, a bone condition that requires him to move around using a power wheelchair. — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 10 Oct. 2019 He was diagnosed with a staph infection that had caused osteomyelitis (an infection in the bone) in his femur, ankle, and foot. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2019 See More

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