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Definition of Spinal curvature
1. Noun. An abnormal curvature of the vertebral column.
Specialized synonyms: Humpback, Hunchback, Kyphosis, Hollow-back, Lordosis, Scoliosis, Dowager's Hump
Medical Definition of Spinal curvature
1. See: kyphosis, lordosis, scoliosis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinal Curvature
Literary usage of Spinal curvature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1872)
"THE treatment of spinal curvature may be essentially subdivided into—firstly
general, and secondly mechanical, treatment. Under the first count are included ..."
2. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1903)
"BIGG (Ы. RH) spinal curvature, pp. 128. ... ARNIM (AL) Cure of spinal curvature
by Ling's curative movements, pp. 39. Lmtd. 1885. 8°. ..."
3. The Medical Times and Gazette (1861)
"I regard lying down, therefore, during the period of active growth, as essentially
a curative means in cases of spinal curvature, and whilst I reject it as ..."
4. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"The evidences of spinal tuberculosis, spinal curvature, and of the spinal form
of infectious and of hypertrophic arthritis will be described later (pages ..."
5. The Hygiene of the School Child by Lewis Madison Terman (1914)
"hip). The shoulder on the same side is usually held higher than the other (high
shoulder). Injuries produced by spinal curvature The significance of spinal ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"The succeeding article is a report on " spinal curvature." By Dr. F. 0. EARLE,
MD, of Chicago. It is the angular curvature, especially, to which Dr. Earle ..."
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