Countercurve

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A curve running in the opposite direction to another curve.

    "The major curve is in the thoracic region, with an equal countercurve in the lumbar region."

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"The major curve is in the thoracic region, with an equal countercurve in the lumbar region."

Etymology

From counter- + curve.

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