listhesis

== English == === Etymology === From reanalysis of spondylolisthesis as spondylo- + listhesis. The second element would be more accurately written olisthesis; it is from Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, to slide”). Compare olistostrome. The word first appears in a 1912 medical terminology reference. === Noun === listhesis (plural listheses) A forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment. Any such displacement, anterior or otherwise. ==== Derived terms ==== retrolisthesis spondylolisthesis === References ===