1. A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
   "The hunchback struggled to find comfortable clothing that fit properly";
   - humpback, crookback [archaic]
    
2. An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
   "The hunchback deformity was a characteristic of the genetic disorder";
   - kyphosis, humpback

1. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
   "The hunchback character in the play elicited sympathy from the audience";
   - crookback [archaic], crookbacked [archaic], humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic [technical]

Derived forms: hunchbacks

See also: unfit

Type of: cripple, spinal curvature

Encyclopedia: Hunchback