Etymology

kyphometer

K5Y4P3H4O1M3E1T1E1R1

Today it means: A device used to measure kyphosis (curvature of the spine) Full definition →

Ancient Greek κυφός
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκυφός
  2. English todaykyphometer

From Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós) + + -meter.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκυφός all →

kyphoplastyithycyphosiskyphosid

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.