espondilitis

Spanish

Etymology

From Scientific Latin spondylitis, from spondy̆lus (“vertebra”), from Ancient Greek σπόνδυλος (spóndulos). Equivalent to espondilo- +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /espondiˈlitis/ [es.põn̪.d̪iˈli.t̪is]
Rhymes: -itis
Syllabification: es‧pon‧di‧li‧tis

Noun

espondilitis f (plural espondilitis)

(medicine) spondylitis

Derived terms

espondilitis anquilosante

Further reading

“espondilitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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