 hunchback |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | |
| Synonyms: | humpback kyphosis | |
| Related terms: | spinal_curvature | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | |
| Synonyms: | crookbacked humped humpbacked hunchbacked crookback | |
| Related terms: | unfit | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | |
| Synonyms: | crookbacked gibbous humpbacked humped hunchbacked kyphotic crookback | |
| Related terms: | unfit | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (medicine) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | |
| Synonyms: | crookback humpback | |
| Related terms: | cripple | |
| Similar spelling: |
hunchbacked |
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