osteochondrosis

[ os-tee-oh-kon-droh-sis ]
/ ˌɒs ti oʊ kɒnˈdroʊ sɪs /

noun Pathology.

a disease of bone and cartilage growth centers in children that begins as a necrosis and is followed by regeneration or renewed calcification.

Origin of osteochondrosis

osteo- + chondr- + -osis

Words nearby osteochondrosis

osteochondritis dissecans, osteochondrodystrophy, osteochondroma, osteochondromatosis, osteochondrosarcoma, osteochondrosis, osteoclasis, osteoclast, osteoclast-activating factor, osteoclastoma, osteocope

Medical definitions for osteochondrosis

osteochondrosis
[ ŏs′tē-ō-kŏn-drō′sĭs ]

n.

Any of a group of disorders involving one or more centers of ossification of the bones in children and characterized by degeneration or aseptic necrosis followed by reossification.