hunchback (redirected from hunchbacks)

hunch·back  (hnchbk)

n.

1. An individual whose back is hunched due to abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine. Also called humpback.

2. An abnormally curved or hunched back.

3. Kyphosis.

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hunchbacked adj.

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hunchback [ˈhʌntʃˌbæk]

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) a person having an abnormal convex curvature of the thoracic spine

2. (Medicine / Pathology) such a curvature Also called humpback See kyphosis Compare hollow-back

[from earlier hunchbacked, huckbacked humpbacked, influenced by bunchbacked, from bunch (in obsolete sense of hump) + backed]

hunchbacked  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hunchback - an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column humpback, kyphosis spinal curvature - an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column
	2.	hunchback - a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine crookback, humpback cripple - someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back

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hunchback

noun humpback, Quasimodo, crookback (rare), crouch-back (archaic) playing a hunchback in the dark classical epic Jean de Florette

Translations

hunchback [ˈhʌntʃbæk] N → jorobado/a m/f

hunchback [ˈhʌntʃbæk] n → bossu(e) m/f

hunchback [ˈhʌntʃˌbæk] n (offensive) → gobbo/a

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hunchback [ˈhʌntʃˌbæk] n (offensive) → gobbo/a