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Osteochondral defect (dictionary definition)
Submitted by admin on May 2, 2008 - 5:19pm.
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Osteochondral defect
An osteochondral defect occurs when a chunk of joint cartilage is lost, leaving a crater.
The edges of the crater are generally of healthy cartilage, but the missing bit floats around in the knee joint as a loose body.
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