Osteo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Osteo is a noun meaning (informal) osteomyelitis.
Meaning
(informal) osteomyelitis.
Example Sentences
But my osteo plagued me throughout the rest of my stay at the HNOH, and for several years even after leaving the Home. It wasn't until the discovery of penicillin and the sulfa drugs that I finally beat that condition.
The blunting could be caused by endocarditis, an infection of the heart lining occasionally associated with a staph infection which has developed into osteomyelitis. Perhaps her intuition was right. But if Richard had osteo, special treatment was long overdue.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arthrosis, chondritis, arthropathy, malacia, myelitis, osteomyelitis.
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