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DOWAGER'S HUMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dowager's hump mean?
• DOWAGER'S HUMP (noun)
The noun DOWAGER'S HUMP has 1 sense:
1. abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women
Familiarity information: DOWAGER'S HUMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dowager's hump" is a kind of...):
osteoporosis (abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women)
spinal curvature (an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column)
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