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A dowager is a widow or widower who holds a title or property – a "dower" – derived from her or his deceased spouse. [1] As an adjective, dowager usually appears in association with monarchical and aristocratic titles. In popular usage, the noun dowager may refer to any elderly widow, especially one of wealth and dignity or aristocratic manner.
Kyphosis (from Greek κυφός (kyphos) 'hump') is an abnormally excessive convex curvature of the spine as it occurs in the thoracic and sacral regions. [1] [2] Abnormal inward concave lordotic curving of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spine is called lordosis.
Both have a slight hump above the forelegs which occurs by the anatomy of its spinal column and is not a true hump. [3] [4] The hartebeest, a species of African grassland antelope, of which there are eight subspecies, all have a visible hump at the shoulder caused by the anatomy of the spine. The hump is due to the long dorsal processes of the ...
It has been suggested that three neck folds give evidence of the head being broken and rejoined in China and reset in the correct place and angle. The luohan is portrayed as fleshy, short-waisted and slightly androgynous with a developing "dowager's hump". The upper ears have been broken and replaced with now-discolored materials.
A buffalo hump is the buildup of excess fat that forms behind the neck. While it's not harmful, treatments can help improve the appearance of the hump.
The Hump (Alberta), a summit in Alberta; The Hump, a name given by World War II Allied pilots to part of the Himalayan mountains; HuMP, Hundred Metre Prominence, a classification of British hills; The Hump (Antarctica), a summit in Antarctica; Nickname of the Humphrey Coliseum, Mississippi State University's main indoor arena
Also featured in this week’s roundup: double doses of The Daily Show (with Jon Stewart, though we have not time-traveled back to 2015), The Traitors and NCIS: Hawai’i, plus quotable moments ...
In the case of the widow of an emperor, the title of empress dowager is used. Its full meaning is clear from the two words from which it is composed: queen indicates someone who served as queen consort (i.e. wife of a king), while dowager indicates a woman who continues to hold the title from her deceased husband (a queen who reigns in her own ...