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kyphosis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kyphosis has 1 sense
- kyphosis(n = noun.state) humpback, hunchback - an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column; Array is a kind of spinal curvature
Derived form adjective kyphotic1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kyphosis, n. Med. excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back (opp. LORDOSIS).
Derivative
kyphotic adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk kuphosis f. kuphos bent
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