Other origins for the name Laura include-English, Latin-American, Spanish.The name Laura is most often used as a girl name or female name. English Name Meaning-The laurel tree or sweet bay tree symbolic of honor and victory. Old name with many variants.
Degenerative arthritis: A type of arthritis caused by inflammation, breakdown, and eventual loss of the cartilage of the joints. Degenerative arthritis is the most common form of arthritis, usually affecting the hands, feet, spine, and large weight-bearing joints, such as the hips and knees.Also known as osteoarthritis and degenerative joint disease.egenerative arthritis is the most common form of arthritis, usually affecting the hands, feet, spine, and large weight-bearing joints, such as the hips and knees.
Degenerative spondylolisthesis (a.k.a. type 3) is a disease of the older adult that develops as a result of facet arthritis and joint remodeling. Joint arthritis, and ligamentum flavum weakness, may result in slippage of a vertebra. Degenerative forms are more likely to occur in women, persons older than fifty, and African Americans. Traumatic spondylolisthesis is rare and results from acute fractures in the neural arch, other than the pars.