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