Diseases

Lordosis

The anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term usually refers to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, swayback). It does not include lordosis as normal mating posture in certain animals ( = POSTURE + SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL).

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The anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term usually refers to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, swayback). It does not include lordosis as normal mating posture in certain animals ( = POSTURE + SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL).

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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a type of spinal curvature; disease only; for normal lordosis index under SPINE; for lordosis in animal sex exper use POSTURE + SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL

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  1. C05w.116w.900w.800w.750w

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WE 735

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lordosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008141. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008141
  2. Lordosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordosis
  3. Lordosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q744305