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spondylolisthetic

spondylolisthetic adjective: relating to or affected by the spine condition spondylolisthesis.

Adjective

spondylolisthetic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or affected by the spine condition spondylolisthesis.
    • In the spondylolisthetic pelvis, the body of the last lumbar vertebra is dislocated forward and downward over the anterior surface of the sacrum.1910, Alfred Lewis Galabin, George Blacker, The Practice of Midwifery, page 785
    • We aim to determine the incidence of this non-spondylolisthetic cause of instability in conservatively managed patients and operated groups of patients.2018 April 4, Ashok K Rathod, Rakesh P Dhake, “Radiographic Incidence of Lumbar Spinal Instability in Patients with Non-spondylolisthetic Low Backache.”, in Cureus Journal of Medical Science, →DOI

Origin of spondylolisthetic

From spondylolisthesis + -etic.

Questions about spondylolisthetic

What does spondylolisthetic mean?
Spondylolisthetic means relating to or affected by the spine condition spondylolisthesis.
What part of speech is spondylolisthetic?
Spondylolisthetic is an adjective.

Words near spondylolisthetic in the dictionary

  1. spondyloepimetaphyseal
  2. spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia-short limb-abnormal calcification syndrome
  3. spondyloepiphyseal
  4. spondylolistheses
  5. spondylolisthesis
  6. spondylolisthetic
  7. spondylolithesis
  8. spondylolysis
  9. spondylolytic
  10. spondylometaepiphyseal
  11. spondylometaphyseal

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