HyperDic: pott[s_disease

English > 1 sense of the expression Pott's disease:
NOUNstatePott's diseaseTB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine
English > Pott's disease: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningTB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine.
Broadertuberculosis, TB, T.B.infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages / stages)

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