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Definition of Kyphosis
1. Noun. An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column.
Definition of Kyphosis
1. Noun. (pathology) An abnormal curvature of the spine, causing a hunchback. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kyphosis
1. abnormal curvature of the spine [n -PHOSES] : KYPHOTIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Kyphosis
1. A posterior curvature of the thoracic spine usually the result of a disease (lung disease, Paget's disease) or a congenital problem. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kyphosis
Literary usage of Kyphosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"136. o, spondylitic kyphosis. Child of two and one-half years. Careful supporting
upon the arms, b, rachitic kyphosis. Child of fifteen months. gives better ..."
2. Spondylotherapy: Physio and Pharmaco-therapy and Diagnostic Methods Based on by Albert Abrams (1918)
"kyphosis and lordosis may co-exist. Lordosis is frequently an act of compensation
... A, increase of the dorsal curve or kyphosis; B, increase of the lumbar ..."
3. Spondylotherapy; Spinal Concussion and the Application of Other Methods to by Albert Abrams (1910)
"kyphosis and lordosis may co-exist. Lordosis is frequently an act of ... A,
increase of the dorsal curve or kyphosis; B, increase of the lumbar curve or ..."
4. Orthopedic Surgery for Nurses by John McWilliams Berry (1916)
"kyphosis A simple kyphosis is an exaggeration of the slouching attitude—the lazy
... 40. Fig. 41. Round shoulders (kyphosis). Round shoulders (kyphosis). ..."
5. Obstetrics, Normal and Operative by George Peaslee Shears (1916)
"The sacrum now has six vertebrae and, of course, the FIG. 299 FIG. 299.—kyphosis.
Contraction of pelvic outlet. FIG. 300.—Dorsolumbar kyphosis. ..."
6. Lectures on Orthopaedic Surgery: Delivered at the Brooklyn Medical and by Louis Bauer (1868)
"The authors who, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, investigated
the pathology of kyphosis, as Bonnet, ..."
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