spondylolisthesis

noun

spon·dy·lo·lis·the·sis | \ ˌspän-də-lō-lis-ˈthē-səs

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Medical Definition of spondylolisthesis

: forward displacement of a lumbar vertebra on the one below it and especially of the fifth lumbar vertebra on the sacrum producing pain by compression of nerve roots

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