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单词 dowager's hump
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dowager's hump


noun

a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
Compare lordosis.

Words nearby dowager's hump

dovish, Dovzhenko, dow, dowable, dowager, dowager's hump, Dowden, Dowding, dowdy, dowel, doweling
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Medical definitions for dowager's hump

dowager's hump
[ douə-jərz ]

n.

An abnormal curvature of the spine that is primarily manifested as a rounded hump in the upper back and that typically affects older women, with the curvature being the result of collapse of the spinal column because of osteoporosis.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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