lordosis

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) An excessive backwards curvature of the spine, causing a hollow in the back.
2. (countable, uncountable) A body posture of some female mammals, indicating receptivity to copulation. It involves lowering of the forelimbs but with the rear limbs extended and hips raised, ventral arching of the spine and a raising, or sideward displacement, of the tail.

Conceptes

lordosi

Sinònims

hollow-back

osteitis

osteofibrosis

swayback

osteopathy

bone diseases

chondrodysplasia

chondrodystrophy

dyschondroplasia

skeletal diseases

spinal diseases

periostitis

saddle-back

Traduccions

lordosis

lordose

lordosi

Lordose

lordose

lordose

λόρδωση

Chondrodystrophie

Skelettkrankheit

Chondrodysplasie

Wirbelsäulenkrankheit

Ostitis

Osteofibrose

Periostitis

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Ancient Greek λορδός (lordós, “bent backward”) + -osis.