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Hunchback \Hunch"back`\, n. [Cf. Humpback.]

A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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hunchback adj : characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic]

noun

1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback]
2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, crookback]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Hunchback \Hunch"back`\, n. [Cf. Humpback.]

A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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