kyphotic

ADJECTIVE
  1. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
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How To Use kyphotic In A Sentence

  • _ -- This affection is almost always met with in adults, and the earliest symptoms are pain and weakness in the legs, and sometimes a slight kyphotic projection of the spinous processes. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • In this report we describe a patient with a chronic kyphotic deformity who was treated with an anterior release, posterior reduction and fixation, and anterior interbody fusion.
  • However, having said that, I remember reading about whether their doctor would correct the kyphotic curve in addition to the scoliosis.
  • In the early stage the patient complains of pain and stiffness in the back; later the spine becomes rigid, and gradually develops a kyphotic curve, sometimes accompanied by lateral deviation. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • Lordosis, while gorillas have a backwards curve so that they are said to have a kyphotic spine. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • Her image on television is nothing like the cute, crazy and kyphotic Clara Peller yelling, "Where's the Beef?" or a hobbling elder actor doing a last curtain call at the Academy Awards. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Familial Scheuermann disease is characterized by kyphotic deformity of the spine that develops in adolescence.
  • When the disease begins in childhood it may induce a permanent deformity of the pelvis, the conjugate diameter at the brim being increased, while the transverse diameter at the outlet is diminished -- kyphotic pelvis, and, in females, this may lead to complications in parturition. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • The 240 muscles of the erector spinae allow small movements in the thoracic cage (chest) for breathing and simple and complex facial movements. has a natural curve in the lumbar region of the lower back, called Lordosis, while gorillas have a backwards curve so that they are said to have a kyphotic spine. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • Vertebroplasty makes no attempt to restore height and correct the kyphotic deformity which results from an osteoporotic compression fracture.
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