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Scientists also found that infections, trauma, scurvy or rickets had triggered periostitis—chronic swelling and pain—to form in Waal’s arm bones.
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Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2021
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Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2021
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“Periostitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/periostitis. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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periostitis
noun
peri·os·ti·tis
-ˌäs-ˈtīt-əs 
: inflammation of the periosteum
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