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hollow backs

hollow backs is the plural of hollow back.

Meaning of hollow back

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...
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hollow, back.

Questions about hollow backs

What is hollow backs the plural of?
Hollow backs is the plural of hollow back.

Words near hollow backs in the dictionary

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

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