dowager's hump

noun

1. a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.

Example Sentences

A dowager’s hump, bright red hair streaked with white and a perma-snarl completed the character.

From New York Times

She is hunched over, her dowager’s hump forcing her to face her lap.

From Literature

The clothes pull against the torso; they twist around it; the artificial lumps suggest a pregnant belly, a dowager’s hump, a prominent derriere, an obese waistline.

From Washington Post

This photograph shows the spine of a 79-year-old woman with kyphosis, or "dowager's hump."

From The Verge

This hunched back appearance is known as kyphosis, or "dowager's hump", and causes the upper back and shoulders to round forward.

From BBC