spondyliticn.adj.
/spɒndɪˈlɪtɪk/ Pathology.
A. n.
A person suffering from spondylitis.
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spondylitic1898
1898 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 8 Oct. 510/1 A comparison shows that the spondylitics are far below the average height for age.
1973 Nature 9 Feb. 367/2 Such people are the ankylosing spondylitics and the children originally irradiated in utero.
B. adj.
Of spondylitis; caused by or associated with spondylitis.
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spondylolisthetic1884
spondylitic1900
spondylolytic1959
spondylotic1964
1900 in W. A. N. Dorland Med. Dict.
1949 F. Hernaman-Johnson et al. Ankylosing Spondylitis i. ii. 16 Russian surgeons, and later, American surgeons, began to operate on spondylitic cases.
1949 F. Hernaman-Johnson et al. Ankylosing Spondylitis i. iii. 26 The patient with a commencing spondylitic arthritis of the hip may show some of the classical early signs of tuberculosis.
1977 Lancet 17 Sept. 591/2 Clinical investigation of first-degree relatives of patients with classic ankylosing spondylitis will reveal spondylitic symptoms in approximately 15%.
1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 73 65 Views of the cervical spine showed minor spondylitic changes.
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