Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

listhesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lis-the-sis
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment.

noun

Any such displacement, anterior or otherwise.

Example Sentences

"Type 1 facetal malalignment was when the facet of atlas was dislocated anterior to the facet of axis on lateral imaging and simulates lumbosacral listhesis."

Etymology

From 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. The word first appears in a 1912 medical terminology reference.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ὀλισθάνω

Inflected Forms

listheses (plural)

Derived Forms

retrolisthesis spondylolisthesis

Questions

What does listhesis mean?: A forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment.
Where does listhesis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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