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lumbar

relating to the loin, especially the lower back area: a pain in the lumbar region
Not to be confused with:
lumber – logs or timber cut for use; to move in a slow, clumsy, noisy way: He lumbers along like an old, angry bear.
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lum·bar

 (lŭm′bər, -bär′)
adj.
Of, near, or situated in the part of the back and sides between the lowest ribs and the pelvis.
n.
A lumbar artery, nerve, vertebra, or part.
[New Latin lumbāris, from Latin lumbus, loin.]
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lumbar

(ˈlʌmbə)
adj
(Anatomy) of, near, or relating to the part of the body between the lowest ribs and the hipbones
[C17: from New Latin lumbāris, from Latin lumbus loin]
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lum•bar

(ˈlʌm bər, -bɑr)

adj.
1. of or pertaining to the loin or loins.
n.
2. a lumbar vertebra, artery, or the like.
[1650–60; < New Latin lumbāris= Latin lumb(us) loin + -āris -ar1]
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lum·bar

(lŭm′bər)
Located at or near the part of the back lying between the lowest ribs and the hips: lumbar vertebrae; the lumbar spine.
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Adj.1.lumbar - of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones; "lumbar vertebrae"
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lumbar

[ˈlʌmbəʳ] ADJ → lumbar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lumbar

adj → Lenden-, lumbal (spec); the lumbar region → die Lendengegend; lumbar puncture → Lumbalpunktion f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lumbar

[ˈlʌmbəʳ] adj (Med) → lombare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lum·bar

a. lumbar, región de la espalda entre el tórax y la pelvis;
___ puncture → punción ___;
___ vertebrae → vértebras ___ -es.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

lumbar

adj lumbar
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