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SPONDYLITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spondylitis mean? 

SPONDYLITIS (noun)
  The noun SPONDYLITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffnessplay

  Familiarity information: SPONDYLITIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPONDYLITIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("spondylitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spondylitis"):

ankylosing spondylitis; Marie-Strumpell disease; rheumatoid spondylitis (a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis)


 Context examples 


Certain allelic variants of the HLA-B gene are associated with susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis, carbamazepine-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome and allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse reaction.

(HLA-B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is associated with susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis, Behcet syndrome and carbamazepine-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

(HLA Class I Histocompatibility Antigen, B-7 Alpha Chain, NCI Thesaurus)

Over time, ankylosing spondylitis can fuse your vertebrae together, limiting movement.

(Ankylosing Spondylitis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease)

Ankylosing spondylitis is an immune disease.

(Ankylosing Spondylitis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease)

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis of the spine.

(Ankylosing Spondylitis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease)



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