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spondylitic, n. and a. Path.|spɒndɪˈlɪtɪk|
[f. spondylitis + -ic.]
A. n. A person suffering from spondylitis.
1898N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 8 Oct. 510/1 A comparison shows that the spondylitics are far below the average height for age. 1973Nature 9 Feb. 367/2 Such people are the ankylosing spondylitics and the children originally irradiated in utero.
B. adj. Of spondylitis; caused by or associated with spondylitis.
1900in Dorland Med. Dict. 1949F. Hernaman-Johnson et al. Ankylosing Spondylitis i. ii. 16 Russian surgeons, and later, American surgeons, began to operate on spondylitic cases. Ibid. iii. 26 The patient with a commencing spondylitic arthritis of the hip may show some of the classical early signs of tuberculosis. 1977Lancet 17 Sept. 591/2 Clinical investigation of first-degree relatives of patients with classic ankylosing spondylitis will reveal spondylitic symptoms in approximately 15%. 1980Jrnl. R. Soc. Med. LXXIII. 65 Views of the cervical spine showed minor spondylitic changes. |