| 单词 |
scoliosis |
| 释义 |
‖ scoliosis Path.|skɒlɪˈəʊsɪs|
Pl. scolioses |-ˈəʊsiːz|.
[mod.L., a. Gr. σκολίωσις, f. σκολι-ός bent, curved, crooked: see -osis.]
Lateral curvature of the spine; distinguished from lordosis and cyphosis. Hence scoliˈotic a. [see -otic], pertaining to scoliosis.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Scoliosis. 1849–52Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 949/1 The vertebral column misformed by scoliosis. 1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Scoliotic. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Scoliosis Brace, a brace for treating lateral curvature of the spine. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 555 The arguments centering round the nature of the scoliosis which is so common. 1939H. 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. 1958Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. XLa. 553 Correction and fusion of the scoliotic spine. 1976Lancet 4 Dec. 1234/1 In the causation and progression of scoliosis spinal muscles may have a major role. Ibid., On electronmicroscopy there are signs of dystrophy and atrophy in the spinal muscles of scoliotic patients. |
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