pott[s_disease (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Pott's disease*:
NOUN	state	Pott's disease	TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine

English > *Pott's disease*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine.
Broader	tuberculosis, 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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