Pott's fracture

Meaning

Noun

Any of a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures, caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force.

Origin

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

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