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hunchback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humpback, kyphosis |
| Type of | spinal curvature |
Examples of hunchback
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Alexander Pope, a country poet and a hunchback, observes and records the scene.
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They break into the castle, but are trapped by the Count's hunchback servant, Koukol.
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In this portrait, he has no hunchback, no withered arm, as history has portrayed him.
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His antagonist Jean has toiled since birth under the curse of a hunchback.
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He is a hunchback whose hooked nose almost meets his curved, jutting chin.
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Every mad scientist has an assistant, preferably a hunchback named Igor.
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When she walked, one could see that she was deformed, almost a hunchback.
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This could describe how bicoid activates zygotic hunchback for instance.
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We also meet the Duke's acid-tongued jester, a hunchback named Rigoletto.
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- Kyphosis: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- Humpback: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
- Kyphosis (Greek - kyphos, a hump), also called hunchback, is a common condition of a curvature of the upper spine. It can be either the result of degenerative diseases (such as arthritis), developmental problems, osteoporosis with compression fractures of the vertebrae, and/or trauma.
- The Hunchback is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by W. Christy Cabanne and written by Anita Loos. The film stars William Garwood, Frank Turner, Edna Mae Wilson and Lillian Gish.
- The Hunchback is a film based on Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It stars Salma Hayek as Esmeralda and Mandy Patinkin as Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame. Directed by Peter Medak, the film was released in 1997, a year after Disney's animated version was released.
- One who is stooped or hunched over; A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back; A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance
- To dream of a hunchback, denotes unexpected reverses in your prospects.
- A disfigured ogre of a man who Baron von Ghoul has taken in. He's very protective of his (perceived) handsome face.
