dowager's hump

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a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.

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A dowager’s hump, bright red hair streaked with white and a perma-snarl completed the character.

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She is hunched over, her dowager’s hump forcing her to face her lap.

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The clothes pull against the torso; they twist around it; the artificial lumps suggest a pregnant belly, a dowager’s hump, a prominent derriere, an obese waistline.

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This photograph shows the spine of a 79-year-old woman with kyphosis, or "dowager's hump."

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This hunched back appearance is known as kyphosis, or "dowager's hump", and causes the upper back and shoulders to round forward.

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