spondylolisthesis (n.)

medical Latin, from Greek spondylos (see spondylo-) + oliothesis "dislocation, slipping."

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before vowels spondyl-, combining form meaning "vertebrae," from Greek spondylos "a vertebra," in plural "the backbone," variant of sphondylos, of uncertain origin.

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spondylolisthesis (n.)

a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves;

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