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spondylolysis
(redirected from Pars defect)

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spondylolysis /spon·dy·lol·y·sis/ (spon″dil-ol´ĭ-sis) the breaking down of a vertebra.
spon·dy·lol·y·sis (spndl-l-ss)
n.
Degeneration of the articulating part of a vertebra.
spondylolysis [spon″dĭ-lol´ĭ-sis]
the breaking down of a vertebra. adj., adj spondylolyt´ic.
spondylolysis
the breaking down of a vertebra.
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