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Vertebra vs Spondylolisthesis - What's the difference?

vertebra | spondylolisthesis |

As nouns the difference between vertebra and spondylolisthesis

is that vertebra is any of the small bones which make up the backbone while spondylolisthesis is a forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury.

vertebra

English

Noun

  • Any of the small bones which make up the backbone.

    • Derived terms

    * intervertebral * vertebrate * vertebral * vertebrally * cervical vertebra * coccygeal vertebra * lumbar vertebra * sacral vertebra * thoracic vertebra

    See also

    * coccyx

    External links

    * (wikipedia "vertebra") English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    spondylolisthesis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia spondylolisthesis) (spondylolistheses)
  • (medicine) A forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury