1.A back deformed by a sharp forward angle, forming a hump, typically caused by collapse of a vertebra.
‘The condition leaves a child short in stature and prone to developing a _hunchback_ .’
‘This was so from the very beginning, for the supposed peculiarities of his birth and the _hunchback_ , for which he is renowned, were but inventions to signify evil.’
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‘The condition leaves a child short in stature and prone to developing a _hunchback_ .’
