单词 | dowager's hump |
释义 | dowager's hump (once / 1688473 pages) n WORD FAMILY dowager's hump USAGE EXAMPLESThis photograph shows the spine of a 79-year-old woman with kyphosis, or "dowager's hump." The Verge(Mar 11, 2015) This hunched back appearance is known as kyphosis, or "dowager's hump", and causes the upper back and shoulders to round forward. BBC(Mar 09, 2015) n abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women Hyper osteoporosis abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women spinal curvaturean abnormal curvature of the vertebral column |
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