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

Pyogenic infection of such abscesses after they have burst externally constitutes one of the chief risks to life in Pott's disease.

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

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

From His Family by Poole, Ernest

Pott's disease may be excluded by the absence of rigidity.

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

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 Miles, Alexander