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Kyphosis(health)
kyphosis(dictionary)
juvenile kyphosis(medicine)

kyphosis (iou)



kyphosis noun. . Also (earlier) cyphosis. M19.
[Greek kuphosis humpbacked condition, from kuphos bent, hunchbacked: see -OSIS.]
Medicine. Abnormal outward curvature of the spine causing increased convexity of the back. Cf. LORDOSIS, SCOLIOSIS.
kyphotic adjective pertaining to or affected with kyphosis L19.