hunchback
[ huhnch-bak ]
/ ˈhʌntʃˌbæk /
noun
a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature.Compare kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis.
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Origin of hunchback
First recorded in 1705–15; back formation from hunchbacked
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hunchback
/ (ˈhʌntʃˌbæk) /
noun
a person having an abnormal convex curvature of the thoracic spine
such a curvature
Also called: humpback
Compare kyphosis, hollow-back
Derived forms of hunchback
hunchbacked, adjectiveWord Origin for hunchback
C18: from earlier hunchbacked, huckbacked humpbacked, influenced by bunchbacked, from bunch (in obsolete sense of hump) + backed
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