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‖ cyˈphosis Path.
Also kyphosis.
[mod.L., a. Gr. κύϕωσις, humpbacked condition, f. κῡϕός bent, hunch-backed.]
Backward curvature of the spine; hump-back. Hence cyˈphotic a., hump-backed (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1847South tr. Chelius' Surg. II. 164 The lordosis is most easy, the cyphosis the most difficult of cure. 1876Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 13 Kyphosis. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 277. 1889 Treves Man. Surg. II. 338 In the confirmed kyphotic curve of old age treatment is of little avail. |