HOLLOW-BACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hollow-back mean? 

• HOLLOW-BACK (noun)
  The noun HOLLOW-BACK has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column

  Familiarity information: HOLLOW-BACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLLOW-BACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hollow-back; lordosis

Hypernyms ("hollow-back" is a kind of...):

spinal curvature (an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column)