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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

척추

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cheokchu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Spondylo/ˈspɒndɪləʊ/
combining formnounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"척추관절염은 척추에 발생하는 염증성 질환입니다."

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2 senses
As combining form
  1. 1

    A combining form used in medical terminology to indicate a relationship to a vertebra or the spinal column.

    "Spondyloarthropathy is a family of inflammatory rheumatic diseases that affect the spine."
As noun
  1. 1

    An informal shorthand term in clinical contexts for a condition affecting the vertebrae, such as spondylosis.

    "The MRI showed degenerative changes indicative of a spondylo condition in the lower lumbar region."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Ancient Greek word 'sphondylos' (σφόνδυλος), meaning 'vertebra' or 'spinal column'. Through Neo-Latin and modern medical terminology, it was adopted as a combining form to denote structures or conditions related to the vertebrae.

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