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Derived Forms
- lordotic, adjective
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Other Words From
- lor·dot·ic [lawr-, dot, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lordosis1
C18: New Latin from Greek lordōsis, from lordos bent backwards
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Example Sentences
Gloria tried to remember the medical term for it: it was something to do with a lordosis.
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This is known as “Thomas' flexion test,” and is founded upon the inability to extend the diseased hip without producing lordosis.
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By thus converting a posterior into an anterior dislocation, the tilting of the pelvis and the lordosis are greatly diminished.
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The absence of a compensatory lordosis in such a condition would warrant the inference that the patient had been bed-ridden.
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