KYPHOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kyphosis mean? 

• KYPHOSIS (noun)
  The noun KYPHOSIS has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

  Familiarity information: KYPHOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KYPHOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

humpback; hunchback; kyphosis

Hypernyms ("kyphosis" is a kind of...):

spinal curvature (an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column)

Derivation:

kyphotic (characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column)

 Context examples 

The symptoms and signs may include rapidly developing adiposity of the face, neck, and trunk, kyphosis caused by osteoporosis of the spine, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, amenorrhea, hypertrichosis in females, impotence in males, dusky complexion with purple markings, polycythemia, pain in the abdomen and back, and muscular wasting and weakness.

(Cushing syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)