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GIBBOSITY [2 records]

Record 1 1991-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Extreme kyphosis, hump, or hunch; a deformity of [the] spine in which there is a sharply angulated segment, the apex of the angle being posterior.

OBS

The term "gibbus" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Saillie rachidienne provenant d'une déformation cunéiforme des vertèbres (gibbosité angulaire et médiane du mal de Pott) ou saillie paravertébrale, particulièrement visible en position penchée en avant, que forment dans les scolioses structurales, du fait de la rotation vertébrale accompagnant l'incurvation du rachis, les apophyses transverses ou la partie postérieure des côtes, du côté de la convexité de la scoliose.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 2 1983-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

the state of being gibbous, convex, humpbacked, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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