See Also: anthracin(medicine)

kyphosis (iou) and anthracin (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.

anthracin (medicine)


anthracin -->
anthracene
<chemistry> A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.

Alternative forms: anthracin.

Origin: Gr. Coal.

Source: Websters Dictionary