Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Forward displacement of one of the lower lumbar vertebrae over the vertebra below it or on the sacrum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A displacement forward of the last lumbar vertebra on the sacrum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A forward
displacement of avertebra over a lower vertebra, due to acongenital defect or injury
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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* Degenerative spondylolisthesis occurs when laxness in the spine causes one vertebra to slide forward and press against nerves, causing pain in the back and legs.
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I have osteoarthritis, and spondylolisthesis, which is a displacement of the bones in my spine.
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For more extensive spinal stenosis, or when a patient also has other conditions, such as scoliosis or spondylolisthesis, surgeons may also need to perform a spinal fusion.
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He said I had spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and scoliosis, and that if I didn't have this surgery right away I'd be in a wheelchair and/or incontinent.
Francine Hardaway: Yoga, Business and the Secret of Everlasting Youth
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A year and a half later, when he was on the mend and had learned to walk and ride a bike all over again, he was diagnosed with spondylolisthesis.
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He said I had spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and scoliosis, and that if I didn't have this surgery right away I'd be in a wheelchair and/or incontinent.
Francine Hardaway: Yoga, Business and the Secret of Everlasting Youth
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He said I had spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and scoliosis, and that if I didn't have this surgery right away I'd be in a wheelchair and/or incontinent.
Francine Hardaway: Yoga, Business and the Secret of Everlasting Youth
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He said I had spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and scoliosis, and that if I didn't have this surgery right away I'd be in a wheelchair and/or incontinent.
Francine Hardaway: Yoga, Business and the Secret of Everlasting Youth
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A year and a half later, when he was on the mend and had learned to walk and ride a bike all over again, he was diagnosed with spondylolisthesis.
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The results from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial, or Sport, echo findings it reported last April involving degenerative spondylolisthesis, another common spinal problem.
leaden commented on the word spondylolisthesis
This word is so full of words, it’s practically a sentence, e.g., “Spondy LOL is the sis!” I suppose practically isn’t exactly the right word.
October 22, 2011