How to pronounce “spondyl” in English

They were using spondylitis shells for decorations and money.

I've suffered with cervical spondylosis.

And that's made from a shell called spondylitis.

And there was this long distance trade in these shells called spondylitis that were carved into beautiful objects, all the way across Europe up to Paris.

When I was a teenager, I was diagnosed with a crippling arthritic disease of the spine called Ankylosing Spondylitis, or AS for short.