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