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

Forcible correction by means of successive plaster jackets, applied in the flexed position, somewhat on the lines employed by Calot in Pott's disease, has yielded results which may be described as encouraging.

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

It used to be considered that hip-joint disease and Pott's disease were the result of injuries in early life.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

Clinical Features.—The clinical features of Pott's disease vary so widely in different regions of the spine, that it is necessary to consider each region separately.

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

Syphilitic Disease of the Vertebræ.—All the clinical features of Pott's disease may be simulated by gummatous disease of the vertebræ.

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