See Also: Bechterew's disease(medicine)
Bechterew's nucleus(medicine)
Bechterew's band(medicine)
Bechterew's sign(medicine)
Bechterew, Vladimir von(medicine)
line of Bechterew(medicine)
layer of Bechterew(medicine)
Bechterew-Mendel reflex(medicine)
band of Kaes-Bechterew(medicine)
Mendel-Bechterew reflex(medicine)

throaty (iou) and Bechterew's disease (medicine)


throaty (iou)



throaty adjective. M17.
[from THROAT noun + -Y1.]
Of a voice, vocal sound, etc.: produced or modified in the throat; guttural; hoarsely resonant, deep, husky. M17.
B. Emecheta The women were singing throaty gospel songs. G. Lees The big throaty baritone saxophone.
Of an animal: having loose pendulous skin about the throat; having a prominent or capacious throat. L18.
throatily adverb L19.
throatiness noun L19.

Bechterew's disease (medicine)


Bechterew's disease -->
spondylitis deformans
Arthritis and osteitis deformans involving the spinal column; marked by nodular deposits at the edges of the intervertebral disks with ossification of the ligaments and bony ankylosis of the intervertebral articulations, it results in a rounded kyphosis with rigidity.

Synonym: Bechterew's disease, Poker back, Strumpell's disease.