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hollow-back

hollow-back is the alternative spelling of hollow back.

Meaning of hollow back

Noun

hollow back (countable and uncountable, plural hollow backs)

  1. Lumbar lordosis.
    • The three disorders analyzed in the category of spinal curvature include kyphosis or hunchback (posterior convexity); lordosis, or hollowback (anterior convexity); and scoliosis (lateral curvature).1983, J. David Cummins, Barry D. Smith, R. Neil Vance, Jack L. VanDerhei, Risk Classification in Life Insurance (Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance, and Economic Security; 1), Dordrecht...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hollow, back.

Forms of hollow-back

pluralhollow-backs

Questions about hollow-back

What is hollow-back the alternative spelling of?
Hollow-back is the alternative spelling of hollow back.

Words near hollow-back in the dictionary

  1. hollow sprint
  2. hollow sprints
  3. Hollow Tree
  4. hollow victories
  5. hollow victory
  6. hollow-back
  7. hollow-backs
  8. hollow-eyed
  9. hollow-faced bat
  10. hollow-faced bats
  11. hollow-fiber

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