escoliosis

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin scoliōsis, derived from Ancient Greek σκολίωσις (skolíōsis), from σκολιός (skoliós, “twisted”) +‎ -sis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskoˈljosis/ [es.koˈljo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: es‧co‧lio‧sis

Noun

escoliosis f (plural escoliosis)

1. (pathology) scoliosis

Further reading

• “escoliosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025