osteochondritis dissecans

Noun

Meaning

osteochondritis dissecans

(medicine) A disorder of the joints in which cracks form in the articular cartilage and the underlying subchondral bone.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

osteochondral osteochondritic osteochondritis osteochondroblast osteochondroblastic osteochondrocytic