DOWAGER'S HUMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dowager's hump mean? 

• DOWAGER'S HUMP (noun)
  The noun DOWAGER'S HUMP has 1 sense:

1. abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women

  Familiarity information: DOWAGER'S HUMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWAGER'S HUMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dowager's hump" is a kind of...):

osteoporosis (abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women)

spinal curvature (an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column)