Path. Also kyphosis. [mod.L., a. Gr. κύφωσις, humpbacked condition, f. κῡφός bent, hunch-backed.] Backward curvature of the spine; hump-back. Hence Cyphotic a., humpbacked (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1847. J. F. South, trans. Chelius’ Surg., II. 164. The lordosis is most easy, the cyphosis the most difficult of cure.
1876. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 13. Kyphosis.
1878. T. Bryant, Pract. Surg., I. 277.
1889. Treves, Man. Surg., II. 338. In the confirmed kyphotic curve of old age treatment is of little avail.
