Pott's fracture

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

English physician Percivall Pott experienced this injury in 1765 and described his clinical findings in a paper published in 1769.

Noun[edit]

Pott's fracture

  1. (medicine, archaic) Any of a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures, caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force.
    Synonym: Dupuytren's fracture
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