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hunchback /hunch·back/ (hunch´bak) old term for kyphosis, now considered offensive.

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Hunchback

A ‘trivial’ name for angular kyphosis (AK) which, in children, is congential or acquired, either due to a lack of segmentation or lack of formation of one or more vertebral bodies
Treatment Surgical fusion of vertebrae; acquired AK in children is idiopathic and often accompanied by a compensatory increase in lumbar lordosis; in adults, AK may be due to infections—e.g., midthoracic tuberculosis—or neoplastic—e.g., myeloma or infiltration by an osteophilic cancer (e.g., breast, prostate, kidney)

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hunchback [hunch´bak]

old term for kyphosis, now considered offensive.

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hunchback

a rounded deformity, or hump, of the back, or an animal with such a deformity. The condition is called also kyphosis and is the result of an abnormal upward curvature of the spine.

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hunchback

Orthopedics A trivial name for angular kyphosis–AK which, in children, is either congenital, due to a lack of segmentation or lack of formation of one or more vertebral bodies Treatment Surgical fusion of vertebrae; acquired AK in children is idiopathic and often accompanied by a compensatory ↑ in lumbar lordosis; in adults, AK may be due to infections–eg, midthoracic TB or neoplastic–eg, myeloma or infiltration by an osteophilic CA–eg, breast or kidney