Where multiple sites of injury are specified in the titles, the word with indicates involvement of both sites, and the word and indicates involvement of either or both sites. The word finger includes thumb. 2. Categories for late effect of injuries are to be found at 905-909.
Noun. 1. osteitis-inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration. osteitis deformans, Paget's disease-a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities.
osteocyte[osâ²tÄ-Å-sÄ«tâ²] 1. A cell of osseous tissue that occupies a lacuna and has cytoplasmic processes that extend into canaliculi and make contact by means of gap junctions with the processes of other osteocytes.