单词 | dowager's hump |
释义 | dowager's humpnouna 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 humpdovish, Dovzhenko, dow, dowable, dowager, dowager's hump, Dowden, Dowding, dowdy, dowel, doweling Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Medical definitions for dowager's humpdowager's hump [ dou′ə-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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