How to Use osteomyelitis in a Sentence

osteomyelitis

noun

• He had been hampered since childhood by the bone disease osteomyelitis.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2020
• With the image, the researchers were able to diagnose the mystery lesions not as cancer, but as osteomyelitis.
  — Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
• The 39-year-old is a paraplegic and has osteomyelitis, a bone condition that requires him to move around using a power wheelchair.
  — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• When Kaline was 8, he was diagnosed with osteomyelitis, and 2 inches of bone was removed from his left foot.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2021
• He was diagnosed with a staph infection that had caused osteomyelitis (an infection in the bone) in his femur, ankle, and foot.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2019
• The infection, called osteomyelitis, causes inflammation of the bone, and generally affects the bones in the legs, arms, or spine.
  — Temi Adebowale, Country Living, 7 June 2018
• Relying on X-ray alone without MRI can lead to devastating outcomes for patients, as would be the case in many cases of osteomyelitis.
  — Omer Awan, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• The Chicago Tribune reported that he had been treated for osteomyelitis, a bone infection, among other health problems.
  — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2017
• Ancient Disease The researchers looked for answers and proposed that, perhaps, the brothers had suffered the lesions from a years-long infection such as osteomyelitis, syphilis, tuberculosis or leprosy.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
• Even internal injuries are now treated here, including the late effects of radiation, osteomyelitis, and crush injuries.
  — For Kentuckyone, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
• In addition to a suite of bacteria in the birds, veterinarians there diagnosed the birds with bacterial dermatitis, tendinitis and osteomyelitis, Kerr wrote.
  — Karl Schneider, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2020
• Bacterial dermatitis is a skin infection, tendinitis is an inflammation of the tendons, and osteomyelitis is an inflammation of bones.
  — Karl Schneider, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2020
• The 46-year-old interior designer was diagnosed with osteomyelitis in early June, a potentially rare and life-threatening bone infection that was attacking her lower vertebrae, leaving her hospitalized for a month.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
• Aureliano thought preparing thin tissue samples could help others further study osteomyelitis for purposes beyond just paleontology.
  — Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024