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noun, feminine

scoliose

/skɔ.ljoz/

noun, feminine/skɔ.ljoz/plural: scolioses

scoliosis (condition where there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine)

Learned borrowing from Latin scoliōsis, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek σκολίωσις (skolíōsis, “twisting; torsion”).