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osteitis

osteitis noun: inflammation of bone.

Noun

osteitis (usually uncountable, plural osteitides or osteitises)

  1. (usually) inflammation of bone

osteitis meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

osteitis in Tamil

அத்தியழல், எலும்பழற்சி, எலும்பு வீக்கம்

osteitis in Kannada

ಮೂಳೆಯ ಉರಿಯೂತ, ಮೂಳೆಯ ವಸ್ತುವಿನ ಉರಿಯೂತ

osteitis in Tagalog

inflammation of bone
magambuto

Forms of osteitis

pluralosteitides
pluralosteitises

Origin of osteitis

From osteo- + -itis.

Words formed from osteitis

Questions about osteitis

What does osteitis mean?
Osteitis means inflammation of bone.
What is osteitis in Tamil?
Osteitis in Tamil is அத்தியழல், எலும்பழற்சி, எலும்பு வீக்கம். See Osteitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is osteitis?
Osteitis is a noun.
What is the plural of osteitis?
The plural of osteitis is osteitides.

Words near osteitis in the dictionary

  1. osteichthyan
  2. osteichthyans
  3. ostein
  4. osteitic
  5. osteitides
  6. osteitis
  7. osteitis deformans
  8. osteitis pubis
  9. osteitises
  10. ostend
  11. ostended

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osteitis (page history and authors); osteitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); osteitis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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