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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Combined lateral and posterior curvature of the spine.

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  • noun medicine Abnormal curvature of the spine in both coronal and sagittal planes.

Etymologies

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kyphosis and scoliosis

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Examples

  • Virtually all Type IIIs develop some sort of chest wall abnormalities, vertical collapse, and kyphoscoliosis, all of which lead to lung disease and cardiopulmonary distress.

    Handle with Care JODI PICOULT 2009

  • Such cases include those of severe kyphoscoliosis, occasionally widespread and far-advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, some cases of bullous emphysema with replacement or compression of active lung tissue.

    Dickinson W. Richards - Nobel Lecture 1964

  • And you'll probably hear her diagnosis, that she's profoundly mentally retarded, and has cerebral palsy and kyphoscoliosis and epilepsy.

    News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2010

  • Other mouse embryos in the study were found to have kyphoscoliosis or other skeletal deformities.

    unknown title 2009

  • d. presence of deformity in form of kyphosis or kyphoscoliosis.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • d. presence of deformity in form of kyphosis or kyphoscoliosis.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

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