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kyphosis

[kahy-foh-sis] / kaɪˈfoʊ sɪs /


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Kado’s research has shown a clear connection between bone density and posture problems and kyphosis.

From Slate Feb. 27, 2025

Shaye Armour, from Greenock, has congenital kyphosis scoliosis, a condition which causes his spine to bend forward.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2024

Mr. Urango was born spina bifida, kyphosis and scoliosis and had used a prosthetic leg since he was 2.

From New York Times Mar. 20, 2024

And he may have had adolescent kyphosis, a curvature of the spine.

From Fox News Dec. 15, 2021

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.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle




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