[ kʌɪ'fəʊsɪs ]
■ noun Medicine forward curvature of the spine, an excessive amount of which causes a hunched back. Compare with lordosis .
Derivatives
kyphotic adjective
Origin
C19: from Gk kuphōsis , from kuphos 'bent, hunchbacked'.
[ kʌɪ'fəʊsɪs ]
■ noun Medicine forward curvature of the spine, an excessive amount of which causes a hunched back. Compare with lordosis .
Derivatives
kyphotic adjective
Origin
C19: from Gk kuphōsis , from kuphos 'bent, hunchbacked'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004