osteochondritis

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 (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