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hump 1. Pathol a rounded deformity of the back in persons with kyphosis, consisting of a convex spinal curvature 2. a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or related animal How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I point out sagging upper arm skin, upper lip wrinkles, a thickening middle, stubby fat thighs, decreased manual dexterity, a small dowager's hump, easily bruised skin, slightly decreased hearing ability, and some loss of foot padding. Gail Greendale, professor of medicine and geriatrics, had a yoga class designed for elderly women with hyperkyphosis, a curvature of the spine also known as dowager's hump. Her rounded back, sometimes referred to as dowager's hump, probably comes from multiple compression fractures in her vertebrae. |
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