kyphosis
pronunciation
How to pronounce kyphosis in British English:
UK [kaɪ'fəʊsɪs]
How to pronounce kyphosis in American English:
US [kaɪ'foʊsɪs]
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- Noun:
- an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
Word Origin
- kyphosis (n.)
- from Greek kyphos "crooked" + -osis.
Example
- 1. Outcomes and treatments of tuberculous spinal kyphosis deformity .
- 2. The changed biomechanic of kyphosis and the clinical therapy to kyphosis .
- 3. Relationship between the development of thoracic kyphosis and long-term outcomes of laminectomy for fluorosis thoracic stenosis .
- 4. Surgical treatment for cervical kyphosis .
- 5. Risk factors of paraplegia secondary to post-tubercular thoracic or thoracolumbar kyphosis .