See Also: perthes disease(medicine)
Perthes disease(dictionary)
disease, legg-perthes(medicine)
Legg-Perthes disease(medicine)
Calve-Perthes disease(medicine)
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease(medicine)
disease, legg-calve-perthes(medicine)
Perthes, Georg(medicine)
Perthes' test(medicine)
Disease(health)

Perthes disease (iou)



Perthes disease noun phr. Also Perthes' disease. E20.
[G. C. Perthes (1869-1927), German surgeon.]
Medicine. Degeneration of the head of the femur in children owing to an impaired blood supply, sometimes leading to necrosis and progressive deformity of the hip-joint.