escoliosis

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskoˈljosis/
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: es‧co‧lio‧sis

Noun

escoliosis f (plural escoliosis)

  1. (pathology) scoliosis

References

  1. ^ escoliosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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