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Hunchback

//ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who is stooped or hunched over.
  2. 2
    a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine wordnet
  3. 3
    A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
  4. 4
    an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column wordnet
  5. 5
    A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance. derogatory

Etymology

Back-formation from hunchbacked.

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