spondylizema

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noun

A disintegration and sinking in of the lower lumbar vertebrae.

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Meanings

nounspondylizema (uncountable)
  1. archaicrareuncountablemedicineA disintegration and sinking in of the lower lumbar vertebrae.

    In spondylizema the body of the vertebra is destroyed, and we therefore get pelvis obtecta — that is to say, the lumbar spine covers in the brim of the pelvis.

    1912, David Berry Hart, Guide to midwifery, page 684
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