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osteochondritis(medicine)
osteochondritis dissecans(medicine)
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osteochondritis deformans juvenilis(medicine)
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vallecula (medicine) and osteochondritis (medicine)


vallecula (medicine)


vallecula


Origin: NL, dim. Fr. L. Vallis, valles, a valley.

1. <anatomy> A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.

2. <botany> One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

Source: Websters Dictionary


osteochondritis (medicine)


osteochondritis
Inflammation of a bone and its cartilage.

Origin: osteo-+ G. Chondros, cartilage, + -itis, inflammation