SINCE 1828
bamboo spine
noun
bam·boo spine
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Medical Definition of bamboo spine
: a spinal column in the advanced stage of ankylosing spondylitis especially as observed in an X-ray with ossification of the vertebrae giving the spine an appearance of a stick of bamboo
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