spondylo-|ˈspɒndɪləʊ| comb. form of Gr. σπόνδυλο-ς or L. spondyl-us vertebra, occurring in a few modern terms, chiefly Path., in the sense ‘of or pertaining to, connected with, the spine’, as spondylocace, spondylo-dynia, spondylo-pyosis, spondylo-tomy. 1859Mayne Expos.Lex. 1194/1.