Medical Dictionary
osteochondrosis
noun os·teo·chon·dro·sis \-ˌkän-ˈdrō-səs\
plural os·teo·chon·dro·ses \-ˌsēz\
Medical Definition of OSTEOCHONDROSIS
: a disease especially of children and young animals in which an ossification center especially in the epiphyses of long bones undergoes degeneration followed by calcification
—os·teo·chon·drot·ic \-ˈdrät-ik\ adjective
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