Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dowager's_hump

1 sense of dowager's hump

Sense 1
dowager's hump -- (abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women)
       => spinal curvature -- (an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column)
       => osteoporosis -- (abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women)