OSTEOMYELITIS


Meaning of OSTEOMYELITIS in English

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

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