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lumbar definition

lum·bar (lum′bär′, -bər)

adjective

of or near the loins; specif., designating or of the vertebrae, nerves, arteries, etc. in the part of the back just below the thoracic region

Etymology: ModL lumbaris < L lumbus, loin < IE *londhwos < base *lendh- > OE lendenu, loins

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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