Etymology · Ancient Greek
ὀλισθάνω
3 English words descend from Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω, most common first.
- listhesisA forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment.
- olistolithAny of a mass of blocks of rock or mud that make up an olistostrome.
- olistostromeA sedimentary deposit composed of a chaotic mass of heterogeneous material, such as blocks and mud, known as olistoliths, that accumulates as a semifluid body by submarine gravity sliding or slumping of the unconsolidated sediments.