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noun
A forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dislocation
History
From Latin spondylolisthesis, equivalent to spondylo- (“spine”) + Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, slide”) + -esis.
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