Kyphosis (disambiguation)

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The medical term kyphosis has several meanings :

  • this one of a deformity, where the back is bowed (see kyphosis article for more details) ;
  • another of a term describing the normally convex (arched, kyphotic) segments of the spine, also called primary curvatures ;
  • when related to a single vertebra, a term describing the angle created between the superior and inferior endplates.

See also kyphosus.