Osteo

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    osteomyelitis informal, uncountable

    "The blunting could be caused by endocarditis, an infection of the heart lining occasionally associated with a staph infection which has developed into osteomyelitis. Perhaps her intuition was right. But if Richard had osteo, special treatment was long overdue."

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"The blunting could be caused by endocarditis, an infection of the heart lining occasionally associated with a staph infection which has developed into osteomyelitis. Perhaps her intuition was right. But if Richard had osteo, special treatment was long overdue."

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