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noun
A presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that affects the spine, a kind of tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
History
After Percivall Pott (1714–1788), a London surgeon who trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Across languages
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