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.
kyphosis. 1. The normal posterior curvature of the thoracic and sacral spine. 2. An exaggeration or angulation of the posterior curve of the thoracic spine, giving rise to the condition commonly known as humpback, hunchback, or Pott's curvature.It may be due to congenital anomaly, disease (tuberculosis, syphilis), malignancy, or compression fracture.yphosis can be divided into three ages of acquisitionâbirth, old age, and the time in between. 1  Spinal birth defects can result in a fixed, exaggerated curve. 2  During life, several events can distort the spine. 3  Later in life, kyphosis is caused from osteoporosis, bone weakness, and crumbling forward.