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dowager's hump

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noun

  1. a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.


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A dowager’s hump, bright red hair streaked with white and a perma-snarl completed the character.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

She must not have been looking at my dowager’s hump.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2014

The dowager with her dowager’s hump: the old lady’s version of bad posture.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2014

But the Letter editors are still not sure that estrogens help to preserve a youthful complexion or guard against heart attacks, dowager's hump or broken bones.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is hunched over, her dowager’s hump forcing her to face her lap.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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