[1835–45; periost(eum) + -itis]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: communism, crosshead, daisy chain, grandstand, placement-itis is a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ (bronchitis; gastritis; neuritis) and hence, in extended senses, nouns denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses,tendencies, obsessions, etc. (telephonitis; baseballitis)
Examples of 'periostitis' in a sentence
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Cribra orbitalia, dental enamel hypoplasia, porotic hyperostosis and periostitis were observed in seven out of sixteen analysed skeletons.
M. Novak, V. Vyroubal, Ž. Bedić 2011, 'Palaeodemographic and palaeopathological characteristics of individuals buried inthree Bronze Age sites from southern Croatia', Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontologyhttp://www.paleodontology.com/fileadmin/user_upload/bulletin/bulletin_11-2/3_Novak_IAPO_Bulletin_2011-2.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The lesions presented by the patients were: gummatous ulcerations, periostitis, osteitis, osteoporosis and gangoza (rhinopharyngitis mutilans).
F. Nery Guimarães 1945, 'Ensaios terapêuticos com penicilina: IV - Bouba - (Framboesia, pian, yaws): tratamentodas ulcerações gomosas, periostites, osteites áreas de rarefação óssea e gangoza (Rhinopharyngitismutilans)', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761945000200011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
He was prescribed celecoxib, low-dose prednisolone, and pamidronate to control the swelling, periostitis, azathiopurine, and mesalazine according to gastrointestinal involvement.
Maryam Mobini, Ozra Akha, Hafez Fakheri, Hadi Majidi, Sanam Fattahi 2018, 'Pachydermoperiostosis in a Patient with Crohn's Disease: Treatment and LiteratureReview', Iranian Journal of Medical Scienceshttp://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/3357. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)