listhesis
A forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower segmentA forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment.
Meaning
2 sensesA forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment.
Any such displacement, anterior or otherwise.
Origin
From reanalysis of spondylolisthesis as spondylo- + listhesis. The second element would beFrom reanalysis of spondylolisthesis as spondylo- + listhesis. The second element would be more accurately written olisthesis; it is from Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, to slide”). Compare olistostrome.
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