lumbar
/ˈlʌmbə
/adjective
Relating to the lower part of the back: backache in the lumbar region...
- As the lumbar spinal canal shrinks, the nerves that go through it are squeezed.
- The lower part of the back, the lumbar region, is composed of 5 vertebrae known as L1 to L5.
- Metastatic disease in the lumbar area can cause spinal cord compression.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin lumbaris, from Latin lumbus 'loin'.
Rhymes
- microcrystalline wax
- cytoplast
- cytoproct
- cytopyge
- cytoreductive
- cytosine
- cytosine arabinoside
- cytoskeletal
- cytoskeleton
- cytosol
- cytosolic
- cytosome
- cytostatic
- cytostomal
- cytostome
- cytotaxonomic
- cytotaxonomist
- cytotaxonomy
- cytotechnologist
- cytotechnology
- cytotoxic
- cytotoxicity
- cytotoxin
- cytotrophoblast
- cytotrophy