Osteochondrosis is a family of orthopedic diseases of the joint that occur in children and adolescents and in rapidly growing animals, particularly pigs, horses, and dogs. They are characterized by interruption of the blood supply of a bone, in particular to the epiphysis, followed by localized bony necrosis, and later, regrowth of the bone. This ...
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relatively common temporary orthopedic disorder of children in which the epiphysis (growing end) of a bone dies and then is gradually replaced over a ...
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<radiology> Degeneration followed by reossification of one or more ossification centres in children, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (capital femoral epiphysis), Kohler disease (tarsal navicular), Osgood-Schlatter disease (tibial tuberosity), Scheuermann disease (vertebral ring epiphyses), Freiberg infraction (metatarsal head), Sever disease (apop...
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(os″te-o-kon-dro´sis) a disease of the growth ossification centers in children, beginning as a degeneration or necrosis followed by regeneration or recalcification; known by various names, depending on the bone involved. osteochondrosis deformans tibiae tibia vara.
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Exercise causes as much of a growth spurt as does a big feed intake. If inflamed joints are not backed off, you then risk osteochondrosis at stress points, cartilage dies late and becomes encapsulated in normal bone nearby, leaving a hole that can fracture later on
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Type: Term Pronunciation: os′tē-ō-kon-drō′sis Definitions: 1. Any of a group of disorders of one or more ossification centers in children, characterized by degeneration or aseptic necrosis followed by reossification; includes the various forms of epiphysial aseptic necrosis.
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Osteochondrosis: Any disease that affects the progress of bone growth by killing bone tissue. Osteochondrosis is seen only in children and teens whose bones are still growing.
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A disorder of growing cartilage that may affect either the growth plate or the articular cartilage.
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a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.
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