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scolioses

scolioses is the plural of scoliosis.

Meaning of scoliosis

Noun

scoliosis (countable and uncountable, plural scolioses)

  1. The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
    • “Scoliosis,” Mwita said. “Curvature of the spine. It’s hereditary, but that doesn’t always explain it. Most common in girls, but boys get it, too.”2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 211
    Synonyms:
    scolioma

Questions about scolioses

What is scolioses the plural of?
Scolioses is the plural of scoliosis.

Words near scolioses in the dictionary

  1. scoliometers
  2. scoliometry
  3. scolion
  4. scoliorachitic
  5. scoliorachitis
  6. scolioses
  7. scoliosexual
  8. scoliosexuals
  9. scoliosis
  10. scoliotic
  11. scoliotics

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