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Hunchback - Definition

Related Words: Camelback, Clubfoot, Deformation, Deformity, Disfigurement, Flatfoot, Harelip, Humpback, Kyphosis, Lordosis, Mutilation, Swayback, Teratology, Torticollis, Truncation

Hunchback, also called postural kyphosis, roundback, Scheuermann's disease, is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing of the back, which leads to a slouching posture.

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