Path. [mod.L., a. Gr. λόρδωσις, f. λορδός bent backward.] Anterior curvature of the spine, producing convexity in front.
1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., Lordosis, by some Writers, is the Term for the bending of the Back-bone forwards in Children, &c.
1822–34. Good’s Study Med. (ed. 4), IV. 249. Lordosis, imported procurvation of the head and shoulders or anterior crookedness.
1894. Lancet, 2 Nov., 1030. Very extreme lordosis is present.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VII. 165. A lordosis was very evident.
Hence Lordotic a. [see -OTIC], pertaining to or affected with lordosis.
1856. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
