| spondaic | Relating to spondee. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spondee | A bisyllabic word with generally equivalent stress on each of the two syllables; used in the testing of speech hearing. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Spondweni virus | An arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus isolated from mosquitoes in Africa; may cause disease in humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spondyl- | See: spondylo-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spondylalgia | Pain in the spine. Origin: spondyl-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| spondylarthritis | Inflammation of the intervertebral articulations. Origin: spondyl-+ G. Arthron, joint, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| spondylarthrocace | Synonym: tuberculous spondylitis. Synonym: Rust's disease. Origin: spondyl-+ G. Arthron, joint, + kake, badness (05 Mar 2000) |
| spondyle | <anatomy> A joint of the backbone; a vertebra. Origin: L. Spondylus, Gr,: cf. F. Spondyle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spondylitic | Relating to spondylitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spondylitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the vertebrae. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spondylitis deformans | Arthritis and osteitis deformans involving the spinal column; marked by nodular deposits at the edges of the intervertebral disks with ossification of the ligaments and bony ankylosis of the intervertebral articulations, it results in a rounded kyphosis with rigidity. Synonym: Bechterew's disease, poker back, Strumpell's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spondylitis, ankylosing | The form of rheumatoid arthritis affecting the spine. It occurs predominantly in young males and produces pain and stiffness as a result of inflammation of the sacroiliac, intervertebral, and costovertebral joints. Aetiology is unknown. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spondylo- | The vertabrae. Origin: G. Spondylos, vertebra (05 Mar 2000) |
| spondylocace | Synonym: tuberculous spondylitis. Synonym: Rust's disease. Origin: spondylo-+ G. Kake, badness (05 Mar 2000) |
| spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia | <radiology> Autosomal dominant, retinal detachment to blindness findings: delay in ossification, vertebral bodies: decreased height, anterior hypoplasia at T-L jx, incompletely ossified odontoid process, supernumerary epihyseal ossification centres of metacarpals (especially 1st, 2nd) to excessive elongation (also in cleidocranial dysostosis), pelvis: horizontal acetabular roofs, slow ossification of acetabulum and femoral head to fossae appear empty, varus deformity of femoral neck (12 Dec 1998) |