Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Abnormal rearward curvature of the spine, resulting in protuberance of the upper back; hunchback.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a curvature of the spine, convex backward. Also written
cyphosis .
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- noun pathology An abnormal curvature of the spine, causing a
hunchback .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This, in turn, leads to a flexed section of spine and a pronounced "kyphosis" - a curve in the lower back - creating the hunched posture that you have noticed.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
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The first of these curvatures is called kyphosis, in which the curvature is posterior; second, lordosis, in which the curvature is anterior; third, scoliosis, in which it is lateral, to the right or left.
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The first of these curvatures is called kyphosis, in which the curvature is posterior; second, lordosis, in which the curvature is anterior; third, scoliosis, in which it is lateral, to the right or left.
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If anyone in your family had osteoporosis (including your mother, father and sisters), or broke a bone when they were over 50 following a trivial injury, or had a kyphosis (a hump on the upper back), then your risk rises.
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Scoliosis, kyphosis, tumors, back pain, spondylolysis | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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It was just a kyphosis, of course, with a patch of teratoma that had two fingers, four teeth, and a thick loop of lower intestine.
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Chronic use of heels can result -- and usually does -- in some degree of kyphosis-lordosis and related pains in the lower back and mid-upper back.
Tim Ferriss: The Barefoot Alternative: Vibram Five Fingers Shoes
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In cases of kyphosis it is a mistake to try to straighten the spine.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
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Paré gives a case of reversion, and of crooked hands and feet; and Barlow 11.54 speaks of a child of two and three-quarter years with kyphosis, but mobility of the lumbar region, which walked on its elbows and knees.
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The circumference of the trunk at the nipples was 62 inches, and over the most prominent portion of the kyphosis and pigeon-breast, 74 inches.
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