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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hunch•back /ˈhʌntʃˌbæk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Pathologya person whose back is humped because of abnormal spinal curvature.
- Pathologyhumpback (def. 1).
hunch•backed, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hunch•back (hunch′bak′),USA pronunciation n. - Pathologya person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature. Cf. kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis.
- Pathologyhumpback (def. 1).
- back formation from hunchbacked 1705–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hunchback /ˈhʌntʃˌbæk/ n - a person having an abnormal convex curvature of the thoracic spine
- such a curvature
Also called: humpback Etymology: 18th Century: from earlier hunchbacked, huckbacked humpbacked, influenced by bunchbacked, from bunch (in obsolete sense of hump) + backedˈhunchˌbacked adj |