lordoticadj.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Lordoticus, of or belonging to Lordosis: lordotic.

1868 L. Bauer Lect. Orthopædic Surg. (ed. 2) v. 144 All he expects from methodic gymnastics is to straighten the lordotic portion of the spine.

1910 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Apr. 837/2 Orthotic albuminuria, which recently has often been termed lordotic, in its pure forms has also a favourable prognosis.

1955 Amer. Naturalist 89 35 Recessive rumplessness [in fowl]..is frequently associated with additional skeletal abnormalites, such as supernumerary ribs or a lordotic and kyphotic spine.

2009 H. Ginsberg & M. Akiyama in J. G. Wright Evidence-based Orthopaedics viii. 59/1 If the spine is lordotic or straight, either an anterior or posterior approach can be used.

1964 Science 10 Apr. 186/1 During the tests for sexual receptivity, frequencies of mounts made by the male and lordotic responses made by the female were recorded.

1999 Jrnl. Mammal. 80 1258/1 From time to time, the female [yellow-toothed cavy]stops abruptly, takes the lordotic position, and copulates with the male directly behind her.

2012 P. Trachtenberg Another Insane Devotion (2013) 32 Did they [sc. male cats] know what they were after? Not in words, I mean, but in pictures—say, the silhouette of a lordotic female.