osteitis noun. [ɒstɪ'ʌɪtɪs] M19.
[from OSTE(O- + -ITIS.]
Medicine. (A disease involving) inflammation of bone.
osteitis deformans [dɪ'fɔ:manz] [Latin = deforming] Paget's disease (of the bones). osteitis fibrosa cystica [fʌɪ,brǝʊsǝ 'sɪstɪkǝ] [mod. Latin = fibrous cystic] von Recklinghausen's disease (of the bones).

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