spondylolisthesis

[ spon-dl-oh-lis-thee-sis ]

nounPathology.
  1. the forward displacement of a vertebra.

Origin of spondylolisthesis

1
<New Latin (1853) <Greek spóndyl(os) vertebra + olísthēsis dislocation, equivalent to olisthē-, variant stem of olisthánein to slip, sprain (derivative of ólisthos slipperiness) + -sis-sis

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