escoliosis

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin scoliōsis, derived from Ancient Greek σκολίωσις (skolíōsis), from σκολιός (skoliós, “twisted”) +‎ -sis.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eskoˈljosis/ [es.koˈljo.sis]
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: es‧co‧lio‧sis

Noun

escoliosis f (plural escoliosis)

  1. (pathology) scoliosis

References
  1. “escoliosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading
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