Middle English Dictionary Entry

spondile n.
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Entry Info

Forms spondile n. Pl. spondiles, spondilus, spondelis.
Etymology L sphondylus, spondylus; cp. OF spondille.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

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Anat. A vertebra; ~ of the bak (brest, ribbes, rigge, rigge-bon), any one of the thoracic vertebrae; spondiles of the haunche, the sacrum; also, the coccyx; haunche spondiles, the sacrum; ~ of the kide-neres (reines), neres ~, any one of the lumbar vertebrae; ~ of the nekke, any one of the cervical vertebrae.
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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. haunch spondyle.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. nerus spondyle.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spondyle of the back.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spondyle of the breast.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spondyle of the haunch.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spondyle of the neck.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spondyle of the reins.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spondyle of the ribs.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spondyle of the ridge bone.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spondyle of the ridge.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spondyle.

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