osteocopicadj.
/ˌɒstɪəˈkɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑstioʊˈkɑpɪk/ Medicine. rare.
Designating pain, esp. of syphilitic origin, felt in bones.
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1861 F. J. Bumstead Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. ii. xvii. 654 Osteocopic pains yield with great facility to the internal administration of iodide of potassium, but are very prone to relapse.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 497 The osteocopic and myalgic pains are agonising at times.
1944 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 32 225/2 They died horribly, with violent osteocopic pains and terrible facial mutilations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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