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SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("spondylolisthesis" is a kind of...):
dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))