SPONDYLOSIS


Meaning of SPONDYLOSIS in English

[ ˌspɒndɪ'ləʊsɪs ]

■ noun Medicine a painful condition of the spine resulting from the degeneration of the intervertebral discs.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Gk spondulos 'vertebra' + -osis .

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