kyphoscoliosis

kyphoscoliosis
kyphoscoliotic /kuy'foh skoh'lee ot"ik/, adj.
/kuy'foh skoh'lee oh"sis, -skol'ee-/, n. Pathol.
a condition in which the spinal column is convex both backward and sideways.
[1880-85; < Gk kyphó(s) humpbacked + SCOLIOSIS]

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