listhesis
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English
Etymology
From reanalysis of spondylolisthesis as spondylo- + listhesis. The second element would be more accurately written olisthesis; it is from Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, to slide”). Compare olistostrome.
The word first appears in a 1912 medical terminology reference.[1]
Noun
listhesis (plural listheses)
- A forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment.
- Any such displacement, anterior or otherwise.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Joseph Swart (1912) Analysis of words pertaining to anatomy, physiology, diseases and surgery for students and physicians, page 120