Spondylosis

//ˌspɒndɪˈləʊsɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A degenerative disease in which the vertebral joints of the spine become stiff and then fused.

Etymology

From spondyl- + -osis.

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