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spondylolisthesis

(spŏnˌdl-ō-lĭs-thēˈsĭs)

noun
Forward displacement of one of the lower lumbar vertebrae over the vertebra below it or on the sacrum.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin spondylolisthēsis

Origin: : Greek spondulos, vertebra

Origin: + Greek olisthēsis, dislocation, slipping (from olisthanein, to slip)

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