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.
Osteomyelitis is an infectious inflammatory disease of bone caused by bacterial colonization of the bone marrow. The pathophysiology involves the accumulation of an inflammatory exudate in the bony medullary cavity and beneath the periosteum, causing compression of the central (sinusoidal) and peripheral blood supply to the bone.