Etymology

spondylitis

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Latin spondylus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromspondylus“vertebra”
  2. English todayspondylitis

Latin spondylus (“vertebra”) + -itis

Words from the same roots

Latinspondylus all →

spondyle

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