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Definition of scoliosis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scoliosis

noun
 
/ˌskəʊliˈəʊsɪs/,
 
/ˌskɒliˈəʊsɪs/
 
/ˌskəʊliˈəʊsɪs/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. a condition that somebody is born with or that is caused by disease or injury in which the spine curves from side to side
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, from skolios ‘bent’.
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