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Kyphosis is the most common of the deviations in man and is most often found in the dorsal region, although it may be in the lumbar region.
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Kyphosis is the most common of the deviations in man and is most often found in the dorsal region, although it may be in the lumbar region.
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_Lordosis_, in which it is unduly arched forwards; _Kyphosis_, in which it is unduly arched backwards; and _Scoliosis_ or lateral deviations, in which the spine deviates to one side of the middle line.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Kyphosis: Increase rounding of the top of the back.
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