kyphosis
Excessive thoracic curvature
Kyphosis is an excessive forward curvature of the upper spine, creating a rounded or hunched back.
The condition ranges from mild postural rounding to severe deformity.
It may result from poor posture, spinal disease, or developmental abnormalities.
Her kyphosis worsened with age.
The adjective is kyphotic.
Fictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- hunchbackSpinal deformity causing stooping
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- IgorSlavic masculine name
- bell-ringerOne who sounds chimes
literary · gothic · stigma · grotesque · stereotype · historical
Column of vertebrae
- lordosisAbnormal spinal curvature inward
- scoliosisLateral vertebral deviation
- thoracicOf the chest region
- hunchbackSpinal deformity causing stooping
convexity · flexion · angulation · wedging
Interlocking bones of spine
osteoporosis · rib-cage · sternum · intervertebral · endplate · osteology
Drooping, lazy posture
- hunchedBent at spine
- stoopedBent body forward
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- ergonomicsStudy of work efficiency
stance · sitting · correctable · bracing · straightening
Disease weakening skeletal structure
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- degenerativeCausing progressive decline
- geriatricRelating to elderly care
- menopauseEnd of fertility
Abnormally developed structure
- developmentalRelated to growth stages
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- adolescentPerson in puberty
- pediatricRelating to child medicine
Identification of illness
- radiologyImaging-based diagnostic medicine
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
- orthopedicsMedicine of bones, joints
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
bracing · treatment · prognosis · chiropractic · rehabilitation
Quasimodo
Fictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- hunchbackSpinal deformity causing stooping
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- IgorSlavic masculine name
bell-ringer · literary · gothic · stigma · grotesque · stereotype · historical
spine
Column of vertebrae
- lordosisAbnormal spinal curvature inward
- scoliosisLateral vertebral deviation
- thoracicOf the chest region
hunchback · convexity · flexion · angulation · wedging
vertebrae
Interlocking bones of spine
bone · osteoporosis · rib-cage · sternum · intervertebral · endplate · osteology
slouch
Drooping, lazy posture
ergonomics · stance · sitting · correctable · bracing · straightening
osteoporosis
Disease weakening skeletal structure
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- degenerativeCausing progressive decline
- geriatricRelating to elderly care
malformation
Abnormally developed structure
- developmentalRelated to growth stages
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- adolescentPerson in puberty
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- radiologyImaging-based diagnostic medicine
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
- orthopedicsMedicine of bones, joints
physiotherapy · bracing · treatment · prognosis · chiropractic · rehabilitation
- body traitsheight, weight, body shape, build, stature
- postureposture, posture corrector, upright, slouch, slouching
- back problemsback pain, back injury, lumbago, sciatica, herniation
- spinal conditionsspinal cord injury, spinal fracture, spinal curvature, spinal stenosis, spinal deformity
- elder orthopedicship fracture, hip fractures, hip replacement, hip surgery, knee replacement
- bone disordersosteoporosis, rickets, bone fracture, broken bone, bone loss