单词 | scoliosis |
释义 | scoliosisn. Pathology. Lateral curvature of the spine; distinguished from lordosis and cyphosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > curvature of spine curvity?a1425 lordosis1634 scoliosis1706 curvature1762 transcurvation1822 poker back1890 poker spine1917 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Scoliosis. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 949/1 The vertebral column misformed by scoliosis. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Scoliosis Brace, a brace for treating lateral curvature of the spine. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 555 The arguments centering round the nature of the scoliosis which is so common. 1939 H. H. Jordan Orthopedic Appliances iii. 90 A group of scolioses which are suitable for treatment by forces which we can introduce by means of an active correcting brace. 1976 Lancet 4 Dec. 1234/1 In the causation and progression of scoliosis spinal muscles may have a major role. Derivatives scoliˈotic adj. [see -otic suffix] pertaining to scoliosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > curvature of spine jig-backed1821 in-backed1833 scoliotic1858 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Scoliotic. 1958 Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 40A 553 Correction and fusion of the scoliotic spine. 1976 Lancet 4 Dec. 1234/1 On electronmicroscopy there are signs of dystrophy and atrophy in the spinal muscles of scoliotic patients. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1706 |
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