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osteitis

DEFINITIONS OF: osteitis

1

n inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration

Types:
Paget's disease, osteitis deformans
a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities
osteomyelitis
an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection)
Type of:
inflammation, redness, rubor
a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
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