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Pott's disease

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Pott's disease

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After Percivall Pott (1714–1788), a London surgeon who trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.

noun

  1. uncountable A presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that affects the spine, a kind of tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints.

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noun type of tuberculosis

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"Pott's disease." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pott's%20disease. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Pott's disease. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pott's%20disease

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"Pott's disease." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pott's%20disease.

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@misc{pott_s_disease_2026,
  title = {Pott's disease},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pott's%20disease},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}