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单词 scoliosis
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scoliosisn.

/skɒlɪˈəʊsɪs/
Forms: Plural scolioses /-ˈəʊsiːz/.
Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek σκολίωσις , < σκολιός bent, curved, crooked: see -osis suffix.
Pathology.
Lateral curvature of the spine; distinguished from lordosis and cyphosis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > curvature of spine
curvity?a1425
lordosis1634
scoliosis1706
curvature1762
transcurvation1822
poker back1890
poker spine1917
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Scoliosis.
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 949/1 The vertebral column misformed by scoliosis.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Scoliosis Brace, a brace for treating lateral curvature of the spine.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 555 The arguments centering round the nature of the scoliosis which is so common.
1939 H. H. Jordan Orthopedic Appliances iii. 90 A group of scolioses which are suitable for treatment by forces which we can introduce by means of an active correcting brace.
1976 Lancet 4 Dec. 1234/1 In the causation and progression of scoliosis spinal muscles may have a major role.

Derivatives

scoliˈotic adj. [see -otic suffix] pertaining to scoliosis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > curvature of spine
jig-backed1821
in-backed1833
scoliotic1858
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Scoliotic.
1958 Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 40A 553 Correction and fusion of the scoliotic spine.
1976 Lancet 4 Dec. 1234/1 On electronmicroscopy there are signs of dystrophy and atrophy in the spinal muscles of scoliotic patients.
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