is a biological phenotype characterized by the extreme accumulation of subcutaneous adipose tissue primarily in the gluteal region and thighs. This localized hypertrophy causes a pronounced, sometimes near-90-degree protrusion of the buttocks, often accompanied by lumbar lordosis (an inward curvature of the lower spine).
Steatopygia is , but historically it was pathologized by European colonial physicians as "Hottentot bustle" or "steatopygia deformans." Modern medicine distinguishes: steatopygia
The story of "steatopygia" is inextricably linked to the life of (born Saartjie Baartman ), a Khoikhoi woman from South Africa whose body became a symbol of racial exploitation and dehumanization in the 19th century. The Medical Definition is a biological phenotype characterized by the extreme