English

kyphoscoliosis

Blend of kyphosis + scoliosis.

Ancient Greek κύφωσις

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- ‘crooked’

Ancient Greek σκολιός ‘curved, bent’

Ancient Greek σκολιόω ‘to bend’

Ancient Greek σκολίωσις ‘twisting’

Latin scoliosis

Today it means

noun An abnormal curvature of the spine in both the coronal and sagittal planes; i.e. backward and lateral (sideways) spinal curvature.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / kyphoscoliosis