lordosis
/lawr-doh-sis/US // lɔrˈdoʊ sɪs //UK // (lɔːˈdəʊsɪs) //
臀部下垂,脊柱外翻,脊柱侧弯,臀部外翻
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture.Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- : a posture assumed by some female mammals during mating, in which the back arches downward.
Examples
Gloria tried to remember the medical term for it: it was something to do with a lordosis.
This is known as “Thomas' flexion test,” and is founded upon the inability to extend the diseased hip without producing lordosis.
By thus converting a posterior into an anterior dislocation, the tilting of the pelvis and the lordosis are greatly diminished.
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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