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The duo created a scheme to bill Medicaid for osseous surgeries, a painful procedure dealing with tooth removal and preparation of the area due to gum disease, that were never performed on patients.
—Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2021
Kruz and Paizlee Davenport became the first siblings to ever be diagnosed with Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia (SIOD), and their parents established a foundation to help find a cure.
—Caitlin Keating, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
All three children have an extremely rare genetic disease called Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia, or SIOD, that often destroys a person’s ability to fight off infection and leads to kidney failure.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 15 June 2022
According to the grand jury indictment, the Arch brothers filed 171 false claims for osseous surgeries with Medicaid between January 2015 and September 2017 for an amount totaling more than $350,000 in reimbursements.
—Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2021
During that same period, she was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of dwarfism called Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia (SIOD), which is also fatal.
—Andy Kopsa, Cosmopolitan, 1 Aug. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Latin osseus, from oss-, os bone; akin to Greek osteon bone, Sanskrit asthi
First Known Use
circa 1682, in the meaning defined above
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“Osseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/osseous. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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