osteochondritis

Noun

Meaning

osteochondritis (countable and uncountable, plural osteochondritides or osteochondritises)

(pathology) inflammation of a bone and its cartilage

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Date unknown * Franz König publishes "Über freie Körper in den Gelenken" in the medical journal Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie, describing (and naming) the disease Osteochondritis dissecans for the first time. Source: Internet

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