POTT'S DISEASE


Meaning of POTT'S DISEASE in English

ˈpäts- noun

Usage: usually capitalized P

Etymology: after Percivall Pott died 1788 English surgeon

: tuberculosis of the spine with destruction of bone resulting in curvature of the spine and occasionally in paralysis of the lower extremities

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