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osteomyelitis

osteomyelitis noun: an infection of the bone.

Noun

osteomyelitis (usually uncountable, plural osteomyelitides or osteomyelites or osteomyelitises)

  1. (usually) An infection of the bone

osteomyelitis meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay

osteomyelitis in Tamil

அத்திச்சோற்றழல், எலும்பு அழற்சி, எலும்பு சீழ் அழற்சி

osteomyelitis in Tagalog

pathology: an infection of the bone
maganlamad-buto

osteomyelitis in Arabic

pathology: an infection of the bone
اِلْتِهَاب العَظْم والنَّقِيّ

osteomyelitis in Malay

pathology: an infection of the bone
radang sumsum tulang, mielitis tulang, osteomielitis
More languagesFewer languages
osteomyelitis in Indonesian
osteomielitis

Forms of osteomyelitis

pluralosteomyelitides
pluralosteomyelites
pluralosteomyelitises

Origin of osteomyelitis

From osteo- + myelitis.

Words formed from osteomyelitis

Questions about osteomyelitis

What does osteomyelitis mean?
Osteomyelitis means an infection of the bone.
What is osteomyelitis in Tamil?
Osteomyelitis in Tamil is அத்திச்சோற்றழல், எலும்பு அழற்சி, எலும்பு சீழ் அழற்சி. See Osteomyelitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is osteomyelitis?
Osteomyelitis is a noun.
What is the plural of osteomyelitis?
The plural of osteomyelitis is osteomyelitides.

Words near osteomyelitis in the dictionary

  1. osteomorphometry
  2. osteomuscular
  3. osteomyelites
  4. osteomyelitic
  5. osteomyelitides
  6. osteomyelitis
  7. osteomyelitises
  8. osteomyoarticular
  9. osteomyocutaneous
  10. osteomyoplastic
  11. osteomyoplasty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osteomyelitis (page history and authors); osteomyelitis (Tamil 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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