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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

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

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2014

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

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2014

An extreme consequence is a bent frame and the so-called dowager's hump.

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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