Pott's disease

American  

[pots] / pɒts /

noun

Pathology.

1. caries of the bodies of the vertebrae, often resulting in marked curvature of the spine, and usually associated with a tuberculosis infection.

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Pott's disease British  

/ pɒts /

noun

1. a disease of the spine, usually caused by tubercular infection and characterized by weakening and gradual disintegration of the vertebrae and the intervertebral discs

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Etymology

Origin of Pott's disease

1825–35; named after Percival Pott (1714–88), British surgeon, who described it

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Pott's disease

Tuberculous spondylitis, a disease of the spine also known as Pott’s disease, was detected in his DNA sequence.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

It's Pott's disease, and it's gone too far.

From His Family by Poole, Ernest

Further, it may be inferred from the number of “cured” cases of Pott's disease met with in everyday life, that the malady is one from which recovery may be expected.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

It gives rise to symptoms which are liable to be mistaken for those of Pott's disease or of arthritis deformans.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

This rigidity of the diseased portion of the column with “boarding” of the muscles of the back is one of the earliest and most valuable diagnostic signs of Pott's disease.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander