Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of scoliosis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective pathology Of, pertaining to, or affected by
scoliosis . - noun One who is afflicted with
scoliosis .
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Examples
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Paparazzi video and she herself becomes a kind of scoliotic (yes, I just made that word up) bionic woman after she falls from a balcony in a theatrical lovers 'tousle:
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Lost was not the first long form drama with plotlines twistier than my scoliotic spine.
Lost: Let’s Give Credit Where Credit is Due - Pink Raygun.com 2010
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* Is chagrined to learn it is not a scoliotic condition of the spine secondary to osteoporosis *
"Eloquence is deep thought expressed in clear words. With Mr. Obama the deep thought part is missing." Ann Althouse 2008
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Eli got progressively better, as good as his crooked legs and scoliotic back and twitchy arms would allow, and by week's end he and I stood side by side against the wall, while the rest of our team compared bruises on the sideline.
Land of the Blind Walter, Jess, 1969- 2003
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The treatment relaxs the scoliotic spine with cyclical motion, a patient's X-rays are reviewed and then the spine is fixed and set.
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Both his father Philip II and his brother Philip Arrhidaeus also suffered from physical deformities, which had led to the suggestion that Alexander suffered from a congenital scoliotic disorder (familial neck and spinal deformity).
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