osteochondritis (redirected from Bone chip)

osteochondritis /os·teo·chon·dri·tis/ (-kon-dri´tis) inflammation of bone and cartilage.

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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.

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os·te·o·chon·dri·tis (st--kn-drts)

n.

Inflammation of a bone along with its cartilage.

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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.

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osteochondritis [os″te-o-kon-dri´tis]

inflammation of bone and cartilage.

osteochondritis defor´mans juveni´lis osteochondritis of the capitular head of the epiphysis of the femur.

osteochondritis defor´mans juveni´lis dor´si osteochondrosis of vertebrae.

osteochondritis dis´secans osteochondritis resulting in the splitting of pieces of cartilage into the joint, particularly the knee joint or shoulder joint. The fragment of cartilage is called a joint mouse.

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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.

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osteochondritis

inflammation of bone and cartilage.

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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.

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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