lordosis
lordosis noun: the normal concave, backwards curvature of the spine in the cervical and lumbar regions.
Noun
lordosis (countable and uncountable, plural lordoses)
- The normal concave, backwards curvature of the spine in the cervical and lumbar regions.
- Antonyms:
- kyphosis
- An abnormal excessive concave, backwards curvature of the spine, causing in normal human physiology a hollow in the back (lumbar lordosis, hollow back, saddle back) or the neck (cervical lordosis).
- Antonyms:
- kyphosis
- 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.
lordosis meaning in Tamil and Arabic
lordosis in Tamil
- கீழ்நோக்கி வளைந்த முதுகு, நிமிர்முதுகு, முதுகெலும்பு முன் குழி, முன் கூனம்
lordosis in Arabic
- anatomy: excessive backwards curvature of the spine
- قَعَس qaʕas
- anatomy, pathology: excessive backwards curvature of the spine
- قَعَس qaʕas
Antonyms of lordosis
Forms of lordosis
| plural | lordoses |
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Origin of lordosis
From Ancient Greek λορδός (lordós, “bent backward”) + English -osis.
Words formed from lordosis
Words that rhyme with lordosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
- osmosis
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- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about lordosis
- What does lordosis mean?
- Lordosis means the normal concave, backwards curvature of the spine in the cervical and lumbar regions.
- What is lordosis in Tamil?
- Lordosis in Tamil is கீழ்நோக்கி வளைந்த முதுகு, நிமிர்முதுகு, முதுகெலும்பு முன் குழி. See Lordosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lordosis?
- Lordosis is a noun.
- What is the plural of lordosis?
- The plural of lordosis is lordoses.
Words near lordosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lordosis (page history and authors); lordosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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