periostiticadj.
/ˌpɛrɪəˈstɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɛriˌɑsˈtɪdɪk/, /ˌpɛriəˈstɪdɪk/ Medicine. rare.
Relating to or affected with periostitis.
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periostitic1843
osteitic1890
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxviii. 354 The others..were labouring under ozæna and periostitic pains.
1919 Proc. Royal Soc. 1917–19 B. 90 506 There must have occurred that periostitic pain..which follows in the case of human patients who are suffering from shrunken alveoli.
1992 Ann. Trop. Pediatrics 12 445 The VDRL test in the child is more often positive than in the mother and X-ray examination shows most periostitic lesions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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