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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Lordosis
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Lordosis
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Lordose
Tree Number:
C05.116.900.800.750
Definition
English
:
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).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
a type of spinal curvature;
disease
only; for normal
lordosis
index under
SPINE
; for
lordosis
in animal
sex
exper use
POSTURE
+
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
, ANIMAL
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
8317
Unique Identifier:
D008141
Occurrence in VHL
:
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