Definition

1. Noun:
   • A hump, a hunch: A rounded, protruding deformity on a person's back, typically caused by abnormal curvature of the spine.
   • Gibbosity: The medical or formal term for a humpback or hunchback condition.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy có một cái bướu gù trên lưng. (He has a hump on his back.)
  • Bệnh bướu gù có thể gây đau lưng. (Humpback disease can cause back pain.)
  • Trong y học, bướu gù được gọi là gibbosity. (In medicine, a hump is called gibbosity.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị bướu gù": to have a hump, to be hunchbacked.
  • Nhân vật Quasimodo trong tiểu thuyết "Thằng gù nhà thờ Đức Bà" bị bướu gù. (The character Quasimodo in the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is hunchbacked.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gù lưng (n/v): Hunchback (noun); to be hunchbacked (verb). This is a more general term for the condition.
  • Tư thế ngồi xấu lâu ngày có thể dẫn đến gù lưng. (Poor sitting posture over a long time can lead to a hunchback.)
• Khòm lưng (v): To stoop, to hunch over. This describes the action of bending the back forward.
  • Bà cụ khòm lưng khi đi bộ. (The old woman stoops when she walks.)

Synonyms

• Cái bướu: A lump, a bump (can be used more generally for any protuberance, not specifically on the back).
• Tật gù lưng: Hunchback deformity.

Notes on Meaning

• "Bướu gù" specifically refers to the visible, rounded protrusion on the upper back. It is a noun describing the physical manifestation.
• It is distinct from general spinal conditions like "vẹo cột sống" (scoliosis), which is a lateral curvature. "Bướu gù" is often associated with "gù cột sống" (kyphosis), which is the excessive forward curvature of the spine.

1. Gibbosity