Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pott's disease \Pott's" dis*ease"\ (Med.)
   Caries of the vertebr[ae], frequently resulting in curvature
   of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so
   named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon.

   {Pott's fracture}, a fracture of the lower end of the fibula,
      with displacement of the tibia. --Dunglison.