scoliosis
pronunciation
How to pronounce scoliosis in British English:
UK [ˌskəʊliˈəʊsɪs]
How to pronounce scoliosis in American English:
US [ˌskoʊliˈoʊsɪs]
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- Noun:
- an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column
Word Origin
- scoliosis (n.)
- 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: Scoliotic.
Example
- 1. It reveals a family history of clubfoot and scoliosis .
- 2. Effect of exercise therapy for mild functional scoliosis .
- 3. Risk factors of sagittal decompensation after long posterior instrumentation and fusion for degenerative lumbar scoliosis .
- 4. Indications for conservative management of scoliosis .
- 5. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated with open instrumented anterior spinal fusion : five-year follow-up .