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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.
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