Associations to the word «Spondylolisthesis»

Wiktionary

SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, noun. (medicine) A forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury

Dictionary definition

SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, noun. A forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats