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Look up: hunchback

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Hunchback
    Hunch'back` noun [ Confer Humpback .] A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
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  4. hunchback
    Nonmedical term for kyphosis or gibbus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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  5. Hunchback
    • (n.) A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
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  6. hunchback
    • an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
    • a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine

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  7. 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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  8. hunchback
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hŭnch′bak Definitions: 1. Nonmedical term for kyphosis or gibbus.
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  9. Hunchback
    (video game) `Hunchback` is an arcade game developed by Century Electronics in 1983. The player controls Quasimodo from the Victor Hugo novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The game is set on a castle wall. The player must cross the screen from left to right avoiding obstacles in ...
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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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