Osgood-Schlatter disease

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Osgood-Schlatter disease

[′äz‚gu̇d ′shlad·ər di‚zēz]

(medicine)

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Our doctor told us that it was Osgood-Schlatter's disease and told me that I could do research on the net but I cannot seem to find anything.

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He trained with West Ham for three years as a schoolboy, but was forced to pack up the game when he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter's disease.

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A Osgood-Schlatter's disease sounds awful but is actually an extremely common condition in teenagers which rarely causes any significant problems.

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A THE story you tell sounds very typical of a condition called Osgood-Schlatter's disease.

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Osgood-Schlatter's Disease: A common injury in boys, particularly those growing rapidly, Osgood-Schlatter's is an inflammation of the growth plate below the knee.