pott's disease

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   TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine

   Broadertuberculosis

Questions about pott's disease

What does pott's disease mean?

pott's disease means "TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine".

Is pott's disease a common word?

pott's disease is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.