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Where does “lordosis” come from?

Lordosis comes from Ancient Greek -ωσις, a suffix derived from Ancient Greek -όω meaning to make or become, used to denote a condition or process.

lordosis (English): An excessive backwards curvature of the spine,...

Definitions

  1. An excessive backwards curvature of the spine,...

Ancestry of “lordosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-osisfunctional disease or condition such as...
2New Latin-osisdative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine...

Words derived from “lordosis”

  • hyperlordosis
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