| 单词 | poker back |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoker back poker back n. (a) a very straight or stiff back (also attributive); (b) Medicine a rigid spine, esp. in ankylosing spondylitis; the disease itself. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > curvature of spine curvity?a1425 lordosis1634 scoliosis1706 curvature1762 transcurvation1822 poker back1890 poker spine1917 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > [noun] > types of hogback1661 poker back1890 1890 N.Y. Times 11 May 20/2 Columbia is rowing what we call the ‘poker-back stroke’, governed by ideas which are rather antiquated. 1903 Lancet 14 Nov. 1361/2 Dr. Wynter also exhibited a case of Spondylitis Deformans (‘poker-back’). 1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xxvi. 276 A single slim aristocratic figure, with the unmistakable poker back of the old regime. 1983 ‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl ii. xvii. 272 He had the aggressive poker-back of the habitually cautious driver. 2004 New Scientist 13 Nov. 55/1 In advanced cases, the bones, ligaments and tendons of the spine are almost completely fused, resulting in what's sometimes called poker back—a rigid spine with almost no movement. < as lemmas |
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