See Also: spondylo-(medicine)
spondylo-(dictionary)
stretch(1)(dictionary)
Stretch(medicine)
stretch(2)(dictionary)
stretch reflex(medicine)
Stretch marks(health)
stretch mark(dictionary)
home stretch(dictionary)
stretch 1, verb(dictionary)

stretch mark (oh) and spondylo- (iou)


stretch mark (oh)



n [C usually plural]
a mark left on your skin as a result of it stretching too much, especially during Pregnancy

spondylo- (iou)



spondylo- combining form.
[from Greek spondulos or Latin spondylus vertebra: see -O-.]
Medicine. Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense 'of or pertaining to the spinal column or vertebrae'.
spondylolis'thesis noun, pl. -theses the forward displacement of a vertebra relative to the one below it, or of the lowest lumbar vertebra relative to the pelvis M19.
spondylolis'thetic adjective of, pertaining to, or affected by spondylolisthesis L19.
spondylolysis noun the splitting or partial disintegration of a vertebra L19.
spondylo'lytic adjective of, pertaining to, or affected by spondylolysis M20.
spondy'losis noun ankylosis or degenerative change in the spine or a vertebral joint E20.
spondy'lotic adjective of, pertaining to, or affected by spondylosis M20.