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scoliosis [‚skō·lē′ō·səs] (medicine) Lateral curvature of the spine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Overall, no statistical differences between groups could be found, but a large percentage of patients with a decrease of the scoliotic curve were found while wearing a brace when compared with other interventions. This image, in turn, stood in stark opposition to that of the deformed, graceless, debilitated scoliotic girl and to that of the languid, listless, and useless conspicuous consumptive. A scoliotic, pallid man with a sweaty helmet of black hair and a sternum puckered like the halves of a clamshell, he extended both his hands up to me as if to be pulled up from his chair. |
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