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scolio-

scolio- prefix: crooked, bent, or winding; relating to scoliosis or other lateral deviations.

Prefix

scolio-

  1. Crooked, bent, or winding; relating to scoliosis or other lateral deviations.

Origin of scolio-

From Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós) + connecting vowel -o-.

Questions about scolio-

What does scolio- mean?
Scolio- means crooked, bent, or winding; relating to scoliosis or other lateral deviations.
What part of speech is scolio-?
Scolio- is a prefix.

Words near scolio- in the dictionary

  1. scolicidal
  2. scolie
  3. scolies
  4. scoliid
  5. scoliids
  6. scolio-
  7. scoliograptic
  8. scoliokyphosis
  9. scoliokyphotic
  10. scolioma
  11. scoliometer

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