Path. Also -ilitis. [mod.L., f. L. spondyl-us SPONDYL(E + -ITIS. So F. spondylite.] Inflammation of the vertebral column.
1849. Craig, Spondilitis.
1859. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 63. Stiff neck due to diseases of the cervical spine, such as caries and … rheumatoid spondylitis.
