SPONDYLOLISTHESIS


Meaning of SPONDYLOLISTHESIS in English

ˌspändəlōlisˈthēsə̇s noun

( -es )

Etymology: New Latin, from spondyl- + Greek olisthēsis dislocation, from olisthanein to slip, fall — more at slide

: forward displacement of a lumbar vertebra and especially of the fifth lumbar vertebra on the sacrum producing pain by compression of nerve roots

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