hollow-back

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hollow-back

n
(Pathology) pathol the nontechnical name for lordosis Compare hunchback
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Noun1.hollow-back - an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column
lordosis
spinal curvature - an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column
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If you know the post-office you must have seen Ethan Frome drive up to it, drop the reins on his hollow-backed bay and drag himself across the brick pavement to the white colonnade: and you must have asked who he was.
The next morning, when I looked out, I saw the hollow-backed bay between the Varnum spruces, and Ethan Frome, throwing back his worn bearskin, made room for me in the sleigh at his side.
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