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Pott's disease

DEFINITIONS OF: Pott's disease

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

Type of:
T.B., TB, tuberculosis
infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
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