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CROOKBACK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine

Synonyms:

crookback; humpback; hunchback

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("crookback" is a kind of...):

cripple (someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back)

Derivation:

crookback (characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

Synonyms:

crookback; crookbacked; gibbous; humpbacked; humped; hunchbacked; kyphotic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)

Derivation:

crookback (a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine)

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