spondylitis

noun

spondylitis

noun

Etymology Latin spondylus (“vertebra”) + -itis

1

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Inflammation of the spine.

Derived terms: ankylosing spondylitis, discospondylitis, diskospondylitis
Related terms: spondylitic

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