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periostitis

periostitis noun: inflammation of a periosteum.

Noun

periostitis (countable and uncountable, plural periostitides or periostites)

  1. Inflammation of a periosteum

periostitis meaning in Tamil

periostitis in Tamil

எலும்பு உறை அழற்சி, எலும்புறையழற்சி

Forms of periostitis

pluralperiostitides
pluralperiostites

Origin of periostitis

From periosteum + -itis.

Words formed from periostitis

Questions about periostitis

What does periostitis mean?
Periostitis means inflammation of a periosteum.
What is periostitis in Tamil?
Periostitis in Tamil is எலும்பு உறை அழற்சி, எலும்புறையழற்சி. See Periostitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is periostitis?
Periostitis is a noun.
What is the plural of periostitis?
The plural of periostitis is periostitides.

Words near periostitis in the dictionary

  1. periostic
  2. periostin
  3. periostites
  4. periostitic
  5. periostitides
  6. periostitis
  7. periostium
  8. periostraca
  9. periostracal
  10. periostracum
  11. periosts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: periostitis (page history and authors); periostitis (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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