Hunchback

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An individual whose back is hunched due to abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine. Also called humpback.
  • n. An abnormally curved or hunched back.
  • n. Kyphosis.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who is stooped or hunched over.
  • n. A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
  • n. A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A humpback; a humpbacked person.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
  • n. a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    spinal curvature    cripple   
    Form
    hunchbacked   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    humpback    stoop   
    Same Context
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