English Explanatory Dictionary

spondyle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.

Word forms

spondyle spondyles spondyl

Etymology

From Middle English spondile, spondyle, from Latin spondylus, from Ancient Greek σφόνδῠλος (sphóndŭlos, “vertebra”).

Derived words

dolichospondylic normospondylic platyspondylic spondylar spondylous
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