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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kyphosis /kʌɪˈfəʊsɪs/

▶noun Medicine forward curvature of the spine, an excessive amount of which causes a hunched back. Compare with lordosis.

– derivatives
kyphotic adjective.

– origin C19: from Gk kuphōsis, from kuphos ‘bent, hunchbacked’.

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