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Osteomyelitis
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Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory process accompanied by bone destruction and caused by an infecting microorganism. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15276398 ]
Term info
Label
Osteomyelitis
Synonyms
- Bone infection
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Osteomyelitis can be acute or chronic and can be caused by a variety of microbial agents.
has alternative id
HP:0005901, HP:0002755
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human_phenotype
id
HP:0002754
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- has_part some (
increased rate and
inheres in some (
inflammatory response and
occurs in some bone element) and
has modifier some abnormal)