Look up: hunchback

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   Hunchback
   now called kypho-scoliosis. The natural curvature of the spine is increased and the spine is also twisted, so that one side of the chest is more prominent than the other and the victim is shorter in height than they would have been, had they not been deformed. It is more common in girls and usually begins in adolescence.
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   hunchback
   Key regulatory gene in the early segmentation gene hierarchy of Drosophila . Codes for a transcription factor of the Cys2-His2 zinc fingertype.
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   Hunchback
   Hunch'back` noun [ Confer Humpback .] A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
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   hunchback
   Nonmedical term for kyphosis or gibbus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   Hunchback
   `Hunchback` may refer to one of the following. * a `hunchback`, someone who suffers from severe kyphosis. *`The `Hunchback` of Notre Dame`, a novel by Victor Hugo. *`Hunchback`, a 1983 arcade game by Century Electronics and 1984 computer game published by Ocean Software. *`The Hunchback`, a 1914 film featuring Lillian Gish.
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   Hunchback
   • (n.) A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
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   hunchback
   
   1. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
   2. a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
   
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   hunchback
   hunchback, abnormal outward curvature of the spine in the thoracic region. It is also known as kyphosis and humpback, and in its severe form a noticeable hump is evident on the back. Hunchback may be congenital, but it can also result from poor posture, uneven growth of the spine, fracture of verteb...
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