n.
Pronunciation: - ˌ m ī - ə - ' l ī -t ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin
Date: 1854
: an infectious usually painful inflammatory disease of bone often of bacterial origin that may result in the death of bone tissue
n.
Pronunciation: - ˌ m ī - ə - ' l ī -t ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin
Date: 1854
: an infectious usually painful inflammatory disease of bone often of bacterial origin that may result in the death of bone tissue
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012