hunchback deformity
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hunchback — ► NOUN 1) a deformed back in the shape of a hump, often caused by collapse of a vertebra. 2) often offensive a person with such a deformity. DERIVATIVES hunchbacked adjective … English terms dictionary
deformity — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, absurdity, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, amputee, anticness, atrophy, awfulness, bacterial disease, birth defect, birthmark, bizarreness, bizarrerie … Moby Thesaurus
hunchback — Synonyms and related words: bowlegs, camelback, cleft palate, clubfoot, crookback, defacement, deformation, deformity, disfigurement, flatfoot, freakishness, harelip, humpback, knock knee, kyphosis, lordosis, malconformation, malformation,… … Moby Thesaurus
deformity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. malformation, disfigurement, distortion, ugliness, imperfection, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. malformation, deformation, disfigurement, unsightliness; see contortion 1 , damage 1 . III (Roget … English dictionary for students
hunchback — n. spinal deformity causing a humped back; person having an abnormally protruding back … English contemporary dictionary
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982 film) — Infobox Film name = The Hunchback caption = VHS box art director = Michael Tuchner Alan Hume producer = Norman Rosemont eproducer = aproducer = Malcolm J. Christopher writer = John Gay Victor Hugo (novel) starring = Anthony Hopkins Sir Derek… … Wikipedia
Pepin the Hunchback — Pepin (or Pippin) the Hunchback, (c. 769 ndash; 811) was the eldest son of Charlemagne by Himiltrude. [For the nature of the relationsip between Charlemagne and Himiltrude see this article.] Accounts describe Pepin as normally proportioned with… … Wikipedia
Pott's disease — An old term for tuberculosis of the spine that caused softening and collapse of the vertebrae, often resulting in kyphosis, a hunchback deformity, which was called Pott s curvature. Named for the English surgeon Sir John Percivall Pott (1714… … Medical dictionary
tuberculosis — /too berr kyeuh loh sis, tyoo /, n. Pathol. 1. an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, esp. the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles. 2. this disease when affecting… … Universalium
kyphos — n. a sharp posterior angulation of the spine due to localized collapse or wedging of one or more vertebrae. It results in the appearance of a hump on the back (a hunchback deformity). The cause may be a congenital defect, a fracture (which may or … The new mediacal dictionary
