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Scoliosis :: Scoliosis (n.) A lateral curvature of the spine.

Plane :: Plane (a.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature..

Lordosis :: Lordosis (n.) Any abnormal curvature of the bones.

Flexuous :: Flexuous (a.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.

Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

Pott''s Disease :: Pott's disease () Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon..

Fair :: Fair (superl.) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines..

Aplanatic :: Aplanatic (a.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens..

Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side..

Incurvation :: Incurvation (n.) The state of being bent or curved; curvature.

Level :: Level (a.) Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth's surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of a pond or lake..

Osculate :: Osculate (v. t.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2..

Arc :: Arc (n.) A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant..

Spherometer :: Spherometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc..

Ophthalmometer :: Ophthalmometer (n.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained..

Chordee :: Chordee (n.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea..

Chicken-breasted :: Chicken-breasted (a.) Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column..

Anticlastic :: Anticlastic (a.) Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle..

Lordosis :: Lordosis (n.) A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region..

Apophyge :: Apophyge (n.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.

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