| osteochondritis | Inflammation of a bone and its cartilage. Origin: osteo-+ G. Chondros, cartilage, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
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| osteochondritis deformans juvenilis | perthes disease |
| osteochondritis deformans juvenilis dorsi | Osteochondrosis of the vertebral epiphyses in children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| osteochondritis dissecans | A type of osteochondritis in which articular cartilage and associated bone becomes partially or totally detached to form joint loose bodies. Affects mainly the knee, ankle, and elbow joints. (12 Dec 1998) |
| osteochondrodysplasia | <syndrome> Also associated with flat facies, short vertebrae, hypoplastic scapula, and bowed tibia. Synonym: osteochondrodysplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteochondrodysplasias | Abnormal development of cartilage and bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| osteochondrodystrophia deformans | Term used for a group of disorders of bone and cartilage which includes Morquio syndrome and similar conditions. Synonym: osteochondrodystrophia deformans, osteochondrodystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteochondrodystrophy | Term used for a group of disorders of bone and cartilage which includes Morquio syndrome and similar conditions. Synonym: osteochondrodystrophia deformans, osteochondrodystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteochondrogenic cell | One of the undifferentiated cell's in the inner layer of the periosteum of an endochondrally developing bone capable of developing into an osteoblast or a chondroblast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteochondroma | <oncology, tumour> A benign cartilaginous neoplasm that consists of a pedicle of normal bone with a rim of proliferative cartilage cells, often occurs near the ends of long bones, multiple osteochondromas are inherited and referred to as hereditary multiple exostoses. (27 Sep 1997) |
| osteochondromatosis | A condition marked by the presence of multiple osteochondromas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| osteochondrosarcoma | <tumour> Chondrosarcoma arising in bone. Sarcomas in bone containing foci of neoplastic cartilage as well as bone are classified as osteogenic sarcomas. Origin: osteo-+ G. Chondros, cartilage, + sarx, flesh, + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteochondrosis | <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 (apophysis of os calcis), osteochondritis dissecans (12 Dec 1998) |
| osteochondrosis dissecans | <radiology> Subchondral fatigue fracture commonly seen in adolescents, capitellum of elbow, knee, medial femoral condyle close to fossa intercondylaris, bilateral in 20-30%, rarely lateral, talus, mouse = osteochondrotic fragment, mouse bed = sclerosed pit in articular surface see: osteochondrosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| osteochondrous | Synonym: osseocartilaginous. Origin: osteo-+ G. Chondros, cartilage (05 Mar 2000) |