Spondylosis
noun, Pathology.
1.
immobility and fusion of vertebral joints.
noun
1.
fusion of the vertebrae
spondylosis spon·dy·lo·sis (spŏn’dl-ō’sĭs)
n.
Ankylosis of the vertebral bones.
A degenerative disease of the spinal column, especially one leading to fusion and immobilization of the vertebral bones.
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