Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of cartilage and adjacent bone.
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Examples
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O'BRIEN: They claim an MRI has shown something called osteochondritis dissecans.
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When blood supply to the area at the end of your bone is cut off, a condition known as osteochondritis dissecans may develop.
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A defect in the endochondral ossification process at the joint surface causes displacement of an area of abnormal cartilage as a fragment or flap (this condition is termed osteochondritis dissecans), or as a cyst that remains just beneath the surface of the joint.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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It was just a low area of signal, and he speculated that it could possibly be osteochondritis dissecans, but there is nothing definite.
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The "orphan drug" status applies to BioMimetic's human growth factor that, when used in conjuction with bone grafts, can treat osteochondritis disseacans, or OCD, of the knee, elbow or ankle.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010
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The injury didn't come as a complete surprise to Brandt, who was diagnosed with the chronic bone condition osteochondritis at age 13.
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In another presentation, Dr. Theodore J. Ganley, director of sports medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, warned that young gymnasts often develop osteochondritis dissecans injuries -- a softening of bone underneath cartilage.
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In another presentation, Dr. Theodore J. Ganley, director of sports medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, warned that young gymnasts often develop osteochondritis dissecans injuries -- a softening of bone underneath cartilage.
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The injury didn't come as a complete surprise to Brandt, who was diagnosed with the chronic bone condition osteochondritis at age 13.
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The injury didn't come as a complete surprise to Brandt, who was diagnosed with the chronic bone condition osteochondritis at age 13.
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