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The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scolioma
Antonyms: none provided
an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spinal curvature
From Latin scoliosis, from Ancient Greek σκολίωσις (skolíōsis, “twisting; torsion”).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
جَنَف
(janaf)
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Bulgarian:
изкривяване на гръбначния стълб
(izkrivjavane na grǎbnačnija stǎlb)
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Catalan:
escoliosi
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Chinese Mandarin:
脊椎側彎 /脊椎侧弯
(jǐzhuī cèwān)
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Czech:
skolióza
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Danish:
skoliose
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Danish:
rygskævhed
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Finnish:
kieroselkäisyys
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Finnish:
skolioosi
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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French:
scoliose
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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German:
Skoliose
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Greek:
σκολίωση
(skolíosi)
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Italian:
scoliosi
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Latin:
scoliōsis
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Malay:
skoliosis
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Polish:
skolioza
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Portuguese:
escoliose
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Russian:
сколиоз
(skolioz)
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Spanish:
escoliosis
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Swedish:
skolios
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
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Ukrainian:
сколіоз
(skolioz)
— condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
