From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An elimination diet is a method of identifying foods that an individual cannot consume without adverse effects. Adverse effects may be due to food allergy, food intolerance, other physiological mechanisms (such as metabolic or toxins), or a combination of these.
Dowager's hump: An abnormal outward curvature of the thoracic vertebrae of the upper back. Compression of the front portion of the involved vertebrae due to osteoporosis leads to forward bending of the spine (kyphosis) and creates a hump at the upper back.
2. hunchback-a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine. crookback, humpback. cripple-someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back.. 1. An individual whose back is hunched due to abnormal convex curvature of the upper spine. Also called humpback. 2. An abnormally curved or hunched back.