SPONDYLARTHRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spondylarthritis mean? 

• SPONDYLARTHRITIS (noun)
  The noun SPONDYLARTHRITIS has 1 sense:

1. arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPONDYLARTHRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

arthritis (inflammation of a joint or joints)

 Context examples 

This class of antigens is associated with certain disease manifestations such as spondylarthritis, psoriasis and multiple myeloma.

(HLA Class I Histocompatibility Antigen, Cw-1 Alpha Chain Protein, NCI Thesaurus)