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An abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column
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scoliosis
Word definitions for scoliosis in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders is an international, multidisciplinary open-access , peer-reviewed , online-only medical journal addressing all spine conditions. The journal encompasses all aspects of research on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, outcomes ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lateral curvature of the spine, 1706, medical Latin, from Greek skoliosis "crookedness," from skolios "bent, curved," from PIE root *skel- (3) "crooked, curved," with derivatives referring to crooked parts of the body (as in Greek skelos "leg, limb"). Related: ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scoliosis \Sco`li*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. skolio`s crooked.] (Med.) A lateral curvature of the spine.
Usage examples of scoliosis.
It was called scoliosis, from the Greek word skoliosis, meaning crookedness of a bodily part.
Mary suffered from a rare disease of the spine called scoliosis that required special care including years in a body cast.
And with all the turmoil created by the asbestos inspection, then the fingerprinting project, and finally all the kids trooping through the office to see the nurse for the scoliosis screening, it got pushed aside.
An outspoken atheist, Lowji Daruwalla nevertheless persuaded the Jesuits to establish clinics, both in Bombay and in Poona, for the study and treatment of scoliosis, paralysis due to birth injuries, and poliomyelitis.
Gaudet hobbled into the bed-and-breakfast establishment, appearing bent by arthritis or scoliosis of the spine, his face designed to look time-worn and yet nondescript.
His spine is curved quite a bit from scoliosis, his stomach is forward, his hands are out at his sides chest-high, his fingers outstretched.
Scoliosis may be a cervicodorsal, dorsolumbar, or lumbosacral curve, and the inclination of the vertebral column may be to the right or left.
Anna found out recently that she has scoliosis, which is curvature of the spine, and even though it's not a bad case, she has to wear a brace for awhile.
His diagnosis of program malfunctions was based on more subtle pointers: the presence of hypertrophied fingernails and toenails on the flipperlike appendages, the disappearance of eyelids, the milky, pearl-like luster of the membrane-covered eyes, the severe scoliosis of the spinal column.