| spoliation | 1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation. "Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of the community in order to corrupt the remainder." (Sir G. C. Lewis) 2. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorised act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea. 3. The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title. A process for possession of a church in a spiritual court. 4. Injury done to a document. Origin: L. Spoliatio; cf. F. Spoliation. See Spoil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| spoliative | Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; especially. <medicine> Serving to diminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as, spoliative bloodletting. Origin: Cf. F. Spoliatif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spondaic | Relating to spondee. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |