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osteoperiostitis

osteoperiostitis noun: inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.

Noun

osteoperiostitis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of a bone and its periosteum

Origin of osteoperiostitis

From osteo- + periostitis.

Questions about osteoperiostitis

What does osteoperiostitis mean?
Osteoperiostitis means inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.
What part of speech is osteoperiostitis?
Osteoperiostitis is a noun.

Words near osteoperiostitis in the dictionary

  1. osteopeltids
  2. osteopenia
  3. osteopenias
  4. osteopenic
  5. osteoperiosteal
  6. osteoperiostitis
  7. osteopetrorickets
  8. osteopetroses
  9. osteopetrosis
  10. osteopetrotic
  11. osteophageous

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