— kyphotic /kuy fot"ik/ , adj.
/kuy foh"sis/ , n. Pathol.
an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back. Cf. lordosis, scoliosis .
[ 1840-50; kýphosis a hunched state, equiv. to kyph ( ós ) humpbacked + -osis -OSIS ]