osteochondritis

[os-tee-oh-kon-drahy-tis]

noun

Pathology.

1. inflammation of bone and cartilage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of osteochondritis¹

osteo- + chondr- + -itis

Example Sentences

The Sparks’ first-round draft pick had osteochondritis dissecans in her left knee as an eighth-grader, but two surgeries later she was playing again.

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Barker was an eighth-grader when she was diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans, a condition that disrupts blood flow to a bone beneath joint cartilage, causing pain and limiting mobility.

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After a basketball tournament, he felt pain in the knee, and an MRI exam showed he had a joint condition called osteochondritis dissecans.

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An MRI showed darkness, and Seyda was diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans.

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When Justify was a yearling, X-rays revealed he had osteochondritis dissecans in the stifle joint, meaning the bone did not develop properly.

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