noun
- inflammation of bone tissue
Usage: medical
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed with osteitis after the X-ray showed bone inflammation.
- Chronic osteitis can lead to bone deformity if left untreated.
- The doctor prescribed antibiotics to treat the bacterial osteitis.
- Osteitis often causes severe pain and swelling in the affected bone.
- The infection spread to the bone, resulting in acute osteitis.
- Physical therapy helped manage the symptoms of osteitis in her leg.