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HUNCHBACK

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 ("hunchback" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

Synonyms:

humpback; hunchback; kyphosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

spinal curvature (an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column)

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