🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

espondilite

Pronunciation / Transliteration: espondilite

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Spondylitis/ˌspɒndɪˈlaɪtɪs/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A espondilite é uma condição inflamatória das vértebras."

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As noun
  1. 1

    Inflammation of the vertebrae, typically a chronic form of spinal arthritis.

    "He was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis after experiencing chronic lower back stiffness."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek 'spondylos' (vertebra) + '-itis' (denoting inflammation).

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