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Meaning of spondylizema | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A disintegration and sinking in of the lower lumbar vertebrae.

archaic, rare, uncountable

Examples

“In spondylizema the body of the vertebra is destroyed, and we therefore get pelvis obtecta — that is to say, the lumbar spine covers in the brim of the pelvis.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

spondyloarthritis spondyloarthropathy spondylodesis spondylodiscitis spondyloenchondrodysplasia spondylolisthesis