The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκολίωσις“twisting; torsion”
- Latin · derived fromscoliosis
- English todayscoliosis
From Latin scoliosis, from Ancient Greek σκολίωσις (skolíōsis, “twisting; torsion”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
scoliosis
Today it means: The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine. Full definition →
Latin scoliosis ← Ancient Greek σκολίωσις