Kyphotic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to or affected with kyphosis.
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  • adjective. Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
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  • adjective. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
  • Word Usage
    "Arizona State University anthropologist Jane Buikstra, co-author with Charlotte A. Roberts of The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis: A Global View on a Reemerging Disease (2003), says “that looks like the typical kyphotic spine of TB.”"
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