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Named after three doctors who independently studied it: Arthur Legg (1874–1939), Jacques Calvé (1875–1954), and Georg Perthes (1869–1927).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
Today it means: A childhood hip disorder initiated by a disruption of blood flow to the ball of the femur, which subsequently stops growing. Full definition →