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Ankylosing Spondylitis

See SPINE AND SPINAL CORD, DISEASES AND INJURIES OF.... ankylosing spondylitis

Spondylitis

Another name for ARTHRITIS of the spine (see SPINE AND SPINAL CORD, DISEASES AND INJURIES OF).... spondylitis

Spondylolisthesis

See SPINE AND SPINAL CORD, DISEASES AND INJURIES OF.... spondylolisthesis

Spondylosis

See SPINE AND SPINAL CORD, DISEASES AND INJURIES OF.... spondylosis

Spondylolysis

A disorder of the spine in which the arch of the 5th (or, rarely, the 4th) lumbar vertebra consists of soft fibrous tissue instead of normal bone.

As a result, the arch is weak and prone to damage under stress, which may produce spondylolisthesis.

Otherwise, spondylolysis is usually symptomless.

See cervical spondylosis; cervical osteoarthritis.... spondylolysis

Cervical Spondylosis

An alternative name for cervical osteoarthritis.... cervical spondylosis

Rheumatoid Spondylitis

See ankylosing spondylitis.... rheumatoid spondylitis

Juvenile-onset Spondylarthropathy

see juvenile idiopathic arthritis.... juvenile-onset spondylarthropathy

Spondyloarthropathy

any *sero-negative arthritis that is characterized by the presence of the tissue-type antigen HLA-B27 (see HLA system) and the absence of rheumatoid factor. Spondyloarthropathies include ankylosing *spondylitis, *reactive arthritis, and *psoriatic arthritis.... spondyloarthropathy

Spondylosyndesis

n. surgical fusion of the intervertebral joints of the backbone.... spondylosyndesis

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