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Definition: Scoliosis |
ScoliosisNoun1. An abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Scoliosis \Sco`li*o"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression skolio`s crooked.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | A lateral curvature of the spine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Physical Therapy Department, Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pennsylvania : Use of the Sayre head sling for the correction of scoliosis.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | For scoliosis, bone surgery may be combined with back braces. (references) | |
Joint pain and increasing skeletal deformities such as scoliosis are common. (references) | ||
Scoliosis can be one of the most debilitating side effects of Marfan syndrome. (references) | ||
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| "Scoliosis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scoliosis" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scoliosis | 1,672 |
scoliosis surgery | 51 |
picture of scoliosis | 46 |
scoliosis treatment | 37 |
scoliosis exercise | 33 |
adult scoliosis | 21 |
idiopathic scoliosis | 15 |
scoliosis brace | 15 |
pregnancy scoliosis | 15 |
congenital scoliosis | 11 |
scoliosis research society | 11 |
scoliosis chiropractic | 10 |
yoga and scoliosis | 10 |
scoliosis of the spine | 10 |
information on scoliosis | 9 |
scoliosis symptom | 9 |
scoliosis braces | 9 |
multiple scoliosis | 8 |
scoliosis pain | 8 |
cause scoliosis | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scoliosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 脊柱侧凸. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skoliose, scoliose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scoliosis, scoliose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scoliose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Skoliose, Scoliosis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκολίωση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עקממת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scoliosi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 측만증. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oliosisscay escoliose (scolliosis). (various references) scoliozã. (various references) сколиоз. (various references) escoliosis (scolliosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Scoliosis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scagliose, schlosses, schlossi, scholiosis, Scipionis, scoglio, scoleosis, Scolesi, scoliocis, scoliosist, scoliosus, scolosis, skoliosis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "scoliosis" (pronounced 'Sco`li*o"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis, Coreopsis, Crasis, Crisis, Cyanosis, Cyclosis, Deesis, Dermostosis, Diagnosis, Diapedesis, Diaphoresis, Diarthrosis, Diegesis, Dipsosis, Diuresis, Ecchymosis, Ecphonesis, Ecthlipsis, Ectostosis, Ellipsis, Emphyteusis, Empyesis, Empyrosis, Enantiosis, Enarthrosis, Endostosis, Enuresis, Epanadiplosis, Epanalepsis, Epanorthosis, Epexegesis, Eremacausis, Erotesis, Exanthesis, Exegesis, Exosmosis, Exostosis, Geognosis, Glaucosis, Gnosis, Gomphosis, haematosis, Haemocytotrypsis, Heterauxesis, Heterosis, hidrosis, hydrarthrosis, hydronephrosis, Hyperinosis, Hyperkinesis, Hypinosis, Hypotyposis, hysteresis, ichthyosis, Idiocrasis, ISIS, Karyostenosis, kinaesthesis, Limosis, lordosis, lysis, Marmorosis, Mathesis, meiosis, melanosis, Metachrosis, metalepsis, metempsychosis, Metemptosis, Metensomatosis, mimesis, missis, Morosis, Morphosis, Myopsis, Myosis, Mysis, Narcosis, Necrobiosis, Necrosis, Neurosis, Ochlesis, Osmidrosis, osmosis, osteoclasis, Osteoporosis, Osteosclerosis, Ostosis, Paracentesis, Paraphimosis, paremptosis, Parostosis, Pedesis, Peristalsis, Persis, Pertussis, Pharmacognosis, Phasis, Phimosis, Phlogosis, Phthisis, Phyllomorphosis, Polymorphosis, Proemptosis, Prognosis, Prolepsis, Pseudoblepsis, Psychosis, Pterylosis, Ptilosis, Ptosis, Pyrosis, Reversis, Sarcosis, Scepsis, Schesis, Schindylesis, sclerosis, sepsis, siderosis, Sphrigosis, stasis, Stegnosis, stenosis, Sycosis, syllepsis, symbiosis, Synanthesis, Synartesis, Synarthrosis, Synchondrosis, Synchoresis, Syndesmosis, Synecphonesis, synizesis, Synneorosis, synopsis, Synosteosis, Synostosis, Synteresis, Syssarcosis, Thanatopsis, Thermoneurosis, thesis, Thlipsis, Thoracentesis, thrombosis, Tmesis, trichinosis, Tripsis, tuberculosis, Tussis, Tylosis, Xanthosis, Zygosis, Zymosis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-i-l-o-o-s-s-s" | |
-2 letters: colossi. | |
-4 letters: coils, cools, locos, olios, silos, soils, solos. | |
-5 letters: coil, cols, cool, coos, coss, loci, loco, loos, loss, oils, olio, sics, silo, soil, soli, solo, sols. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-i-l-o-o-s-s-s" | |
+1 letter: isoglossic. | |
+3 letters: microfossils, sociologists. | |
+4 letters: musicologists, nonsocialists. | |
+5 letters: cosmopolitisms, sociolinguists, solicitorships, solicitousness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 6F 6C 69 6F 73 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. --- .-.. .. --- ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101111 01101100 01101001 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c o l i o s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 006F 006C 0069 006F 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536981787581857585 |
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