Etymograph

English

kyphoplasty

Kyphoplasty comes from Ancient Greek κυφός ‘bent forward, stooping, hunchbacked’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκυφόςkuphós‘bent forward, stooping, hunchbacked’
  2. Englishtodaykyphoplasty

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκυφόςkuphós‘bent forward, stooping, hunchbacked’
  2. Englishtodaykyphoplasty

Formed from -plasty

Every English word from Ancient Greek κυφός

Today it means

noun A medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek κυφός / kyphoplasty

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