SCOLIOSIS - Definition

Pronunciation:		`skowlee'owsis
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column

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	See Also:	spinal curvature

Products Dictionary

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Sco`li*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. skolio`s crooked.] (Med.) A lateral curvature of the spine.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	Scoliosis is a combined abnormality of the vertebrae and vertebral muscles and nerves such that the spine bends laterally.