Medical condition caused by inflammation of the periosteum, a layer of connective tissue that surrounds bone.
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Examples for "periostitis "
Examples for "periostitis "
1 A further instance of infective periostitis is that met with in acute laminitis.
2 It was easy to diagnose periostitis , and prescribe tincture of iodine.
3 Simple acute periostitis may and often does end in resolution.
4 Suppurative periostitis is met with in foot cases, commonly in connection with punctured foot.
5 Along its edges large osteophytic outgrowths speak of the effects of an osteoplastic periostitis .
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