SPONDYLOLISTHESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("spondylolisthesis" is a kind of...):

dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))

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