Meaning | An abnormal curvature of the vertebral column. |
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Narrower | dowager's hump | Abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse |
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kyphosis, humpback, hunchback | An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column |
lordosis, hollow-back | An abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column |
scoliosis | An abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column |
Broader | abnormality, abnormalcy | An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies |
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Spanish | curvatura espinal |
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