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hollow back

hollow back noun: lumbar lordosis.

Noun

hollow back (countable and uncountable, plural hollow backs)

  1. Lumbar lordosis.
    • The three disorders analyzed in the category of spinal curvature include kyphosis or hunchback (posterior convexity); lordosis, or hollowback (anterior convexity); and scoliosis (lateral curvature).1983, J. David Cummins, Barry D. Smith, R. Neil Vance, Jack L. VanDerhei, Risk Classification in Life Insurance (Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance, and Economic Security; 1), Dordrecht...
    • Scanographic study
      Cases
      Twenty-five vertebral columns of 6 to 20 years were examined (10 male patients and 15 female). There were 10 normal cases with routine section passing through T8. The 15 abnormal cases included 10 scolioses (4 congenital), 3 hollow backs and 2 kyphoses subsequent to...1989, J. M. Vital, J. L. Beguiristain, C. Algara C. Villas, B. Lavignolle, N. Grenier, J. Sénégas, “The neurocentral vertebral cartilage: Anatomy, physiology and physiopathology”, in Surgical and...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hollow, back.

Forms of hollow back

pluralhollow backs

Questions about hollow back

What does hollow back mean?
Hollow back means lumbar lordosis.
What part of speech is hollow back?
Hollow back is a noun.
What is the plural of hollow back?
The plural of hollow back is hollow backs.

Words near hollow back in the dictionary

  1. hollooed
  2. hollooing
  3. holloos
  4. hollos
  5. hollow
  6. hollow back
  7. hollow backs
  8. hollow block
  9. hollow blocks
  10. hollow body
  11. hollow body position

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