[ 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 .
[ 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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004