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  • n  an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column

  • In achieving the feat, man gets a hollow (lordosis) in his back.
  • This flattens the abdomen and reduces the lumbar lordosis curvature of the lower spine.
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  • Helen Fisher in Chicago Sun-Times
    High heels thrust out the buttocks and arch the back into a natural mammalian courting -- actually, copulatory -- pose called 'lordosis,'Fisher said. "Rats do it, sheep do it . . . lions do it, dogs do it. . . . It is a naturally sexy...

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