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os·te·i·tis

 (ŏs′tē-ī′tĭs)
n.
Inflammation of bone or bony tissue.
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osteitis

(ˌɒstɪˈaɪtɪs) or

osteitides

n
(Medicine) inflammation of a bone
osteitic adj
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os•te•i•tis

(ˌɒs tiˈaɪ tɪs)

n.
inflammation of bone.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.osteitis - inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration
osteitis deformans, Paget's disease - a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities
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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Translations

os·te·i·tis

n. osteítis, ostitis, infl. de un hueso;
___ fibrosa cystica___ fibrosa cística,con degeneración fibrosa y manifestación de quistes y nódulos en el hueso.
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osteitis

n osteítis f; — fibrosa cystica osteítis fibrosa quística
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But the Premier League giants may be concerned after Lennon admitted that Tierney, who has been suffering with the joint complaint Osteitis pubis, is not fully fit.
When asked about Tierney, Lennon said: "He had the double hernia and he still has the osteitis pubis problem, so it's a slow-burner."
Dry socket, also called as alveolar osteitis, is a painful complication that can follow after extraction of any tooth but occurs commonly within 2 to 5 days after removal of impacted mandibular third molar (IMTM) surgically.6,7 Pain is a consistent feature of dry socket but other features that include halitosis, inflamed gingiva, empty socket, bare whitish bone, fever and lymphadenopathy, may also be present.8-11 Some factors have been reported to increase the risk of dry socket.
[.sup.18]F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography fusion images showed increased activity in the sternoclavicular joints (arthritis) and hyperostotic lesions (osteitis) (Figure 1c).
Clinical score for nonbacterial osteitis in children and adults.
As the lesion matures, the differential diagnosis should include osteoblastoma, odontoma, hypercementosis, cemental dysplasia, and condensing osteitis as is discussed below:
Alveolar osteitis (dry socket) is a disruption of the healing process at the extraction site after clot formation but before wound organization.
Magnetic resonance imaging of the right hand showed osteitis (online Technical Appendix Figure, panel A, https://wwwnc.cdc.
n = 65 (65%); gas visible on X-Ray, n =14 (14%); osteitis n = 13 (13%) (see Table 1).
It should be differentiated from chronic sclerosing, osteomyelitis, condensing osteitis, enostosis and odontoma.
After one month, SIJ MRI's of the patients were evaluated for osteitis and bone marrow enhancement (positive MRI) by two radiologists and decisions were made by consensus.