osteochondritis /os·teo·chon·dri·tis/ (-kon-dri´tis) inflammation of bone and cartilage.
osteochondritis
osteochondritis (os´tēōkondrī´tis),
osteochondritis
osteochondritis defor´mans juveni´lis osteochondrosis of the capitular epiphysis of the femur.
osteochondritis defor´mans juveni´lis dor´si osteochondrosis of vertebrae.
osteochondritis dis´secans that resulting in splitting of pieces of cartilage into the affected joint.
os·te·o·chon·dri·tis ( s t - -kn-dr  t s)n. Inflammation of a bone along with its cartilage. |
osteochondritis
[-kəndrī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, osteon, bone, chondros, cartilage, itis, inflammation
a disease of the epiphyses, or bone-forming centers of the skeleton, that begins with necrosis and tissue fragmentation and is followed by repair and regeneration. Kinds of osteochondritis include osteochondritis deformans juvenilis, osteochondritis dissecans, osteochondritis ischiopubica, osteochondritis juvenilis, and osteochondritis necroticans.
osteochondritis (os´tēōkondrī´tis),
n a disease of the epiphyses, or bone-forming centers of the skeleton, beginning with necrosis and fragmentation of the tissue and followed by repair and regeneration.
osteochondritis
inflammation of bone and cartilage.
osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)
osteochondritis resulting in the splitting off of a piece of articular cartilage due to fissure formation in an area of dysplastic subarticular cartilage so that it forms a flap or separates completely and falls into the joint space ('joint mouse'); occurs most commonly on the head of the humerus and distal condyles of the femur in dogs and pigs. Is a manifestation of osteochondrosis.
osteochondritis
Orthopedics Inflammation of bone and joint surfaces–usually aseptic; note: A legacy of the German school of medicine was eponymic immortalization of osteochondritis in each joint
Osteochondritis eponyms
Freiberg's disease–metatarsal head
Haglund's disease–calcaneus
Köhler's disease–tarsal-navicular bones
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease–femoral head
Osgood-Schlatter disease–tibial tubercle
Panner's disease–humeral head
Sinding-Larsen-Johannson disease–patella
Thiemann's disease–metacarpal and metatarsal bones
Wegner's disease–osteochondritis with epiphyseal separation–congenital syphilis
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