A hump or humpback; a rounded projection or swelling.
From Latin gibbus, meaning 'hump' or 'bump.' This is the original Latin root from which the English adjective 'gibbous' is derived, sometimes used in medical or anatomical contexts.
In medical history, 'gibbus' was the clinical term for the collapse of vertebrae from tuberculosis of the spine—it created a visible hump on patients' backs.
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