Spondyl Health Dictionary

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

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

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

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

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

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

See ankylosing spondylitis.... rheumatoid spondylitis

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

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

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