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Definition of Gibbous
1. Adjective. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
Exact synonyms: Crookback, Crookbacked, Humpbacked, Humped, Hunchbacked, Kyphotic
Similar to: Unfit
Derivative terms: Crookback, Gibbosity, Gibbousness, Kyphosis
Similar to: Unfit
Derivative terms: Crookback, Gibbosity, Gibbousness, Kyphosis
2. Adjective. (used of the moon) more than half full.
Definition of Gibbous
1. a. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half- moon and the full moon.
Definition of Gibbous
1. irregularly rounded [adj]
Medical Definition of Gibbous
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