Main Entry: os·teo·chon·dro·sis

Pronunciation: \-ˌkän-ˈdrō-səs\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural os·teo·chon·dro·ses \-ˌsēz\

: a disease especially of children and young animals in which an ossification center especially in the epiphyses of long bones undergoes degeneration followed by calcification

—os·teo·chon·drot·ic \-ˈdrät-ik\ adjective