Dictionary

kyphosis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kaɪˈfoʊ.sɪs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύφωσις (kúphōsis).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
2. (countable, uncountable) An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.

Forms

Coordinates

lordosis

Deriveds

kyphoscoliosis · hyperkyphosis · kyphometer · rekyphosis · hypokyphosis · kyphotic

Relateds

lordosis · hunchback · humpback · scoliosis · gibbous

Synonyms

Kelso's hunchback · roundback

Translations (42)

ro cifoză (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · fi kyttyräselkäisyys (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · bg кифо́за (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · ar حُدَاب (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · bg кифо́за (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · it cifosi (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · pl kifoza (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · fa گوژپشتی (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · kk құныс (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · pl kifoza (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · ru кифо́з (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · cs hyperkyfóza (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · fi kyfoosi (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · ja 猫背 (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · ja 猫背 (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · tr kamburluk (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · tr kifoz (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · ca cifosi (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · ru кифо́з (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · fi kyttyräselkäisyys (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · es cifosis (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · ka კიფოზი (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · es cifosis (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · gl cifose (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · cs hyperkyfóza (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · de Kyphose (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · ro cifoză (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · it cifosi (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · cmn 脊柱後凸 /脊柱后凸 (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · fa گوژپشتی (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · gl cifose (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · ca cifosi (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · pt cifose (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · fr cyphose (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · ar حُدَاب (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · fi kyfoosi (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · cmn 脊柱後凸 /脊柱后凸 (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · de Kyphose (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · fr cyphose (anatomy: normal curvature of the spine) · ka კიფოზი (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · pt cifose (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine) · kk құныс (anatomy, pathology: abnormal curvature of the spine)