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POTT'S DISEASE

\pˈɒts dɪzˈiːz], \pˈɒts dɪzˈiːz], \p_ˈɒ_t_s d_ɪ_z_ˈiː_z]\

Definitions of POTT'S DISEASE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Carries of the vertebrae.
caries of the vertebrae.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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