Diseases

Spondylosis

A degenerative spinal disease that can involve any part of the VERTEBRA, the INTERVERTEBRAL DISK, and the surrounding soft tissue.

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Abstract

A degenerative spinal disease that can involve any part of the VERTEBRA, the INTERVERTEBRAL DISK, and the surrounding soft tissue.

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7 entry terms
  • Cervical Spondylosis
  • Lumbarsacral Spondylosis
  • Spondylosis Deformans
  • Spondylosis, Cervical
  • Thoracic Spondylosis
  • Spondylosis, Lumbarsacral
  • Spondylosis, Thoracic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific vertebra; do not confuse with SPONDYLOLYSIS or SPONDYLITIS

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History Note

2009; use SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS 1988-2008; for SPONDYLOSIS DEFORMANS use SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS 1965-2008

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Previous Indexing

  • Spinal Diseases (1963-1965)
  • Spinal Osteophytosis (1965-2008)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spondylosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055009. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055009
  2. Spondylosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondylosis
  3. Spondylosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1097028