3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hunchback \Hunch"back`\, n. [Cf. {Humpback}.] A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hunchback adj : characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: {crookback}, {crookbacked}, {humped}, {humpbacked}, {hunchbacked}, {gibbous}, {kyphotic}] n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: {kyphosis}, {humpback}] 2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: {humpback}, {crookback}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 30 Moby Thesaurus words for "hunchback": bowlegs, camelback, cleft palate, clubfoot, crookback, defacement, deformation, deformity, disfigurement, flatfoot, freakishness, harelip, humpback, knock-knee, kyphosis, lordosis, malconformation, malformation, misproportion, misshape, monstrosity, mutilation, splayfoot, swayback, talipes, teratology, torticollis, truncation, valgus, wryneck
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