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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

mal de Pott

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /maw dʒi pɔt/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pott's disease/pɒts dɪˈziːz/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #85000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O mal de Pott afeta principalmente as vértebras torácicas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Tuberculous spondylitis; a form of tuberculosis that occurs outside the lungs, whereby the disease is localized in the vertebrae.

    "The patient's chronic back pain and spinal deformity were ultimately diagnosed as Pott's disease."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Named after Percivall Pott (1714–1788), an eminent English surgeon who first described the condition in the 18th century. The term combines his eponym with the medical noun 'disease', marking a foundational contribution to spinal orthopedics and tuberculosis pathology.

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