(from Greek, lordos: bent back) A distinctive curvature of the spine. The term can be applied in a variety of circumstances, but in biological psychology it generally refers to the position (frequently called the ‘lordosis posture’) adopted...

Lordosis (commonly referred to as swayback, saddle back, or hyper-lordosis) is a medical term used to describe an inward curvature of a portion of the vertebral column.[1] Two segments of the vertebral column, namely cervical and lumbar, are normally...