kyphosis
Meaning of kyphosis
noun
excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.
mid 19th century: from Greek kuphōsis, from kuphos ‘bent, hunchbacked’.
Information about kyphosis
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of kyphosis
kypho-sis
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- kyphosis is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
kyphosis synonyms
Meaning humpback:
Translation of kyphosis
- German: Buckel
- French: cyphose, hypercyphose
- Italian: gobba
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