spondylolisthesis

From Latin spondylolisthesis, equivalent to spondylo- (“spine”) +‎ Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, slide”) +‎ -esis.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˌspɒn.dɪˌlo.lɪsˈθiːsɪs/

spondylolisthesis (countable and uncountable, plural spondylolistheses)

1. (medicine) A forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury.

• spondylolisthetic

• anterolisthesis
• listhesis
• retrolisthesis
• spondylosyndesis (not to be confused despite the words looking somewhat similar)