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kyphosis
noun as in hump
Example Sentences
Mr. Urango was born spina bifida, kyphosis and scoliosis and had used a prosthetic leg since he was 2.
And he may have had adolescent kyphosis, a curvature of the spine.
In “Deenie,” for instance, the narrator buys gum from “Old Lady Murray,” a woman with kyphosis, or what we then called a hunchback.
He doesn't look back at schooldays with fondness, having been given a plastic brace to wear after being diagnosed with kyphosis when he was 12.
His body twisted out of shape by spina bifida and kyphosis, a severe curvature of the spine, he conducted from a tall stool, limited in his ability to turn to either side.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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