osteochondritis dissecans

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Noun

osteochondritis dissecans (uncountable)

  2. (medicine) A disorder of the joints in which cracks form in the articular cartilage and the underlying subchondral bone.
    Synonyms: König's disease, OCD
    Hypernyms: disorder, disease < condition
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