Inflammation of the periosteum, a
dense membrane composed of
fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all
bone, except the
bone of articulating surfaces in joints which are covered
by synovial
membranes. The word "periotitis" may seem like Greek to
you. "Peri-" is a
prefix borrowed from the Greek meaning "around or about", "-
osteal" comes
from
the Greek "osteon" meaning "bone", and the Greek suffix
"itis" meant
"disease"
and now, more narrowly, means "inflammation." So
periostitis literally is
inflammation around the bone.
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