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CYPHOSIS

\sa͡ɪfˈə͡ʊsɪs], \sa‍ɪfˈə‍ʊsɪs], \s_aɪ_f_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of CYPHOSIS

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Gibbositas, see Hump, and Kyphosis.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

[Greek] Abnormal curvature of the spine of any sort; particularly, backward curvature producing the deformity of a hunchback. Cyphotic, of or affected with c.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Same as Kyphosis.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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