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Tortoise back

龟背 〔龜背〕guī bèi

Also hunchback. A deformity in infants in which the spine curves outward giving the back the appearance of a tortoise’s shell; hence the name. Turtle back is attributed to congenital insufficiency and/or poor nourishment after birth manifesting in spleen qì vacuity depriving the bones and governing of nourishment.

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