osteomyelitis

[ os-tee-oh-mahy-uh-lahy-tis ]

/ ˌɒs ti oʊˌmaɪ əˈlaɪ tɪs /

an inflammation of the bone and bone marrow, usually caused by bacterial infection.

Origin of osteomyelitis

First recorded in 1850–55; osteo- + myelitis

The deformities resulting from osteomyelitis are more marked the earlier in life the disease occurs.

Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Osteomyelitis is the form most frequently met with in children.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
The most common is an osteomyelitis commencing in the marrow exposed in a wound infected with pyogenic organisms.

Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Osteomyelitis is rare in the bones of the carpus and tarsus, and the associated joints are usually infected from the outset.

Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

Fractures resulting from bone fragility of local origin as for example, tumors, osteomyelitis, aneurisms.

Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry |Maximilian Stern

osteomyelitis

/ (ˌɒstɪəʊˌmaɪɪˈlaɪtɪs) /

inflammation of bone marrow, caused by infection

osteomyelitis

[ ŏs′tē-ō-mī′ə-lī′tĭs ]

Inflammation of bone and bone marrow. central osteitis