lordosis

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

λόρδωση

Συνώνυμα

hollow-back

osteitis

osteofibrosis

swayback

osteopathy

bone diseases

chondrodysplasia

chondrodystrophy

dyschondroplasia

skeletal diseases

spinal diseases

periostitis

saddle-back

Μεταφράσεις

lordosis

lordose

lordosi

lordose

Lordose

lordose

Chondrodysplasie

Periostitis

lordosi

Ostitis

Skelettkrankheit

Wirbelsäulenkrankheit

Osteofibrose

Knochenkrankheit

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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