spondylitis
pronunciation
How to pronounce spondylitis in British English:
UK [ˌspɒndɪ'laɪtɪs]
How to pronounce spondylitis in American English:
US [ˌspɒndɪ'laɪtɪs]
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- Noun:
- inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffness
Word Origin
- spondylitis (n.)
- "inflammation of the vertebrae," 1837, Modern Latin, from Latin spondylus, from Greek spondylos (see spondylo-) + -itis "inflammation."
Example
- 1. Ankylosing spondylitis is not a sentence to life-long unemployment .
- 2. My husband had ankylosing spondylitis can be pregnant ?
- 3. Therapeutic effect of tong bi decoction ankylosing spondylitis .
- 4. A clinical study on the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis in early stage .
- 5. The general situation of treating ankylosing spondylitis by traditional chinese medicine .