periostitisn.
/ˌpɛrɪəˈstʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˌpɛriˌɑsˈtaɪdᵻs/, /ˌpɛriəˈstaɪdᵻs/ Medicine.
Inflammation of the periosteum; an instance of this.
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osteitis1825
periostitis1825
spondylitis1849
osteomyelitis1865
periosteitis1884
medullitis1886
osteochondritis1890
osteoperiostitis1892
osteochondrosis1937
1825 Lancet 24 Dec. 464/1 (heading) Case of periostitis.
1830 London Med. Gaz. 12 June 437/1 Inflammation, when it affects the periosteum, is termed periostitis.
1873 J. E. Erichsen Sci. & Art Surg. 311 Periostitis is then set up in the unbroken bone opposite the seat of the fracture.
1902 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 32 144 The roughness of the surface of the bone due to periostitis is well marked here.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xvii. 436 Although the term ‘periostitis’ implies that only the periosteum is inflamed, the adjacent layers of the bone are usually involved.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 192 There is inflammatory periostitis on the right tibia, and a small osteochondroma (benign tumour) on the right humerus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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