scolioma

scolioma

(ˌskɒlɪˈəʊmə)
n
(Medicine) an abnormal curving of the spine
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In their travels, the troupe meet strange creatures, among them skin cancer victims with plastic faces, wild imperfect "scolioma moths," and cripples who lack "balls and elbows" (Bearheart, 150).
"Buried in Fine White Ash": Violence and the reimagination of ceremonial bodies in Winter in the Blood and Bearheart
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