inflammation+of+the+spine

  • 11spondylitis — noun Inflammation of the spine …

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  • 12rachitis — n. (Med.) Rickets, inflammation of the spine …

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  • 13rickets — n. pl. (Med.) Rachitis, inflammation of the spine …

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  • 14rachitis — ra•chi•tis [[t]rəˈkaɪ tɪs[/t]] n. pat rickets • Etymology: 1720–30; < NL < Gk rhachîtis inflammation of the spine. See rachis, itis ra•chit′ic ˈkɪt ɪk adj …

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  • 15rachitis — [rə kīt′əs, rakīt′əs] n. [ModL < Gr rhachitis, inflammation of the spine: see RACHIS & ITIS] RICKETS rachitic [rəkit′ik, rakit′ik] adj …

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  • 16spondylitis — Inflammation of one or more of the vertebrae. [spondyl + G. itis, inflammation] ankylosing s. arthritis of the spine, resembling rheumatoid arthritis, that may progress to bony ankylosis with lipping of vertebral margi …

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  • 17spondylarthritis — Inflammation of the intervertebral articulations. [spondyl + G. arthron, joint, + itis, inflammation] * * * spon·dyl·ar·thri·tis .spän dil är thrīt əs n, pl thrit·i·des thrit ə .dēz arthritis of the spine * * * spon·dyl·ar·thri·tis (spon″d …

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  • 18Crohn ileitis — Inflammation of the ileum (the farthest segment of the small intestine) due to Crohn disease. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which can affect other parts of the digestive… …

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  • 19Ileitis, Crohn — Inflammation of the ileum (the farthest segment of the small intestine) due to Crohn disease. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which can affect other parts of the digestive… …

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  • 20Silver Spring monkeys — The Silver Spring monkeys were seventeen macaque monkeys living inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, who became what one writer called the most famous lab animals in history. Doidge, Norman. The Brain That… …

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