See Also: frounce(1)(dictionary)
frounce(2)(dictionary)
frounce(dictionary)

lordosis (iou) and frounce(2) (iou)


lordosis (iou)



lordosis noun. . E18.
[mod. Latin from Greek lordosis, from lordos bent backwards: see -OSIS.]
1. Medicine. (Abnormal) inward curvature of the spine causing increased concavity of the back. Cf. KYPHOSIS, SCOLIOSIS. E18.
2. Zoology. A posture assumed by some female mammals during mating, in which the back is arched downwards; the assumption of such a posture. M20.
lordotic adjective M19.

frounce(2) (iou)



frounce noun2. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
Falconry. A sore in the mouth of a hawk.