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spondylizema

spondylizema noun: a disintegration and sinking in of the lower lumbar vertebrae.

Noun

spondylizema (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) A disintegration and sinking in of the lower lumbar vertebrae.
    • In spondylizema the body of the vertebra is destroyed, and we therefore get pelvis obtecta — that is to say, the lumbar spine covers in the brim of the pelvis.1912, David Berry Hart, Guide to midwifery, page 684

Questions about spondylizema

What does spondylizema mean?
Spondylizema means a disintegration and sinking in of the lower lumbar vertebrae.
What part of speech is spondylizema?
Spondylizema is a noun.

Words near spondylizema in the dictionary

  1. spondylites
  2. spondylitic
  3. spondylitics
  4. spondylitides
  5. spondylitis
  6. spondylizema
  7. spondylo-
  8. spondyloarthritic
  9. spondyloarthritides
  10. spondyloarthritis
  11. spondyloarthropathic

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