Definition of spondylitis in English:
spondylitis
nounˌspɒndɪˈlʌɪtɪsˌspɑndəˈlaɪdəs
mass nounMedicine Inflammation of the joints of the backbone.
See also ankylosing spondylitis
Example sentencesExamples
- Physically, they have been put under chronic stress, causing spondylitis, back pain, insomnia, and other psychosomatic illnesses.
- It may help in reducing the intensity of pain in those suffering from arthritis, spondylitis and muscular spasms of the body.
- She had crippling spondylitis and could barely move.
- He loved his job and stayed for 17 years, but spondylitis forced him into early retirement.
- He said: ‘Doctors have said I've got arthritis and think I've got spondylitis.’
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin spondylus 'vertebra' (from Greek spondulos) + -itis.
Definition of spondylitis in US English:
spondylitis
nounˌspändəˈlīdəsˌspɑndəˈlaɪdəs
Medicine Inflammation of the joints of the backbone.
See also ankylosing spondylitis
Example sentencesExamples
- It may help in reducing the intensity of pain in those suffering from arthritis, spondylitis and muscular spasms of the body.
- He said: ‘Doctors have said I've got arthritis and think I've got spondylitis.’
- Physically, they have been put under chronic stress, causing spondylitis, back pain, insomnia, and other psychosomatic illnesses.
- He loved his job and stayed for 17 years, but spondylitis forced him into early retirement.
- She had crippling spondylitis and could barely move.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin spondylus ‘vertebra’ (from Greek spondulos) + -itis.