Lumbar
adjective
Relating to the lower part of your back.
He is suffering from lumbar pain.
Often appears as...
- lumbar pain
- lumbar spine
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Relating to the lower part of your back.
He is suffering from lumbar pain.
Often appears as...
- lumbar pain
- lumbar spine
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Anatomy Specific
Lumbar refers to the anatomical region in humans and some animals, not general lower areas.
Doctors specialize in lumbar surgery due to its complexity.
Pro Tip 2/3Pain Location
Using 'lumbar' specifies that the discomfort is in the lower spine, so don't use it for general back pain.
She wears a lumbar support brace for her lower spine pain.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'lumbar' with 'lumber', which refers to wood. They sound similar but mean different things.
The lumbar vertebrae are often mistaken in pronunciation as 'lumber' vertebrae.
Pro Tip 1/3Anatomy Specific
Lumbar refers to the anatomical region in humans and some animals, not general lower areas.
Doctors specialize in lumbar surgery due to its complexity.
Pro Tip 2/3Pain Location
Using 'lumbar' specifies that the discomfort is in the lower spine, so don't use it for general back pain.
She wears a lumbar support brace for her lower spine pain.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'lumbar' with 'lumber', which refers to wood. They sound similar but mean different things.
The lumbar vertebrae are often mistaken in pronunciation as 'lumber' vertebrae.
Pro Tip 1/3Anatomy Specific
Lumbar refers to the anatomical region in humans and some animals, not general lower areas.
Doctors specialize in lumbar surgery due to its complexity.
Pro Tip 2/3Pain Location
Using 'lumbar' specifies that the discomfort is in the lower spine, so don't use it for general back pain.
She wears a lumbar support brace for her lower spine pain.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'lumbar' with 'lumber', which refers to wood. They sound similar but mean different things.
The lumbar vertebrae are often mistaken in pronunciation as 'lumber' vertebrae.
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Video examples
Johanna Figueira:...
She needed to have a lumbar puncture to get a final diagnosis and treatment plan. But the needle for this procedure wasn't available. I was in Venezuela at that time, and I was seeing my mom getting worse in front of me every day.
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And some some little boy hit this guy in his back, in his like lumbar spine area. So she brought him over last week, and he couldn't move his back legs at all or his tail.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
in the shot silver crunchy right down here how that's the lumbar come and say hello scratch on the neck this is too
Video examples
Johanna Figueira:...
She needed to have a lumbar puncture to get a final diagnosis and treatment plan. But the needle for this procedure wasn't available. I was in Venezuela at that time, and I was seeing my mom getting worse in front of me every day.
Video examples
Relax With BBC Earth PIPE...
And some some little boy hit this guy in his back, in his like lumbar spine area. So she brought him over last week, and he couldn't move his back legs at all or his tail.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
in the shot silver crunchy right down here how that's the lumbar come and say hello scratch on the neck this is too
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Alice Roberts
English Scientist
Our long, flexible lumbar spines are great in many ways - they help us to run efficiently, for instance. But they have their drawbacks. The lumbar vertebrae are under great strain, and as we age, the ligaments that hold the pulpy centres of the intervertebral discs in place dry out.
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Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
Four out of the five discs in my lumbar spine are ruptured, herniated fully. Think of a jelly doughnut being squashed, and it hits nerves, causing bilateral sciatica. And I have irreparable sacral damage. And I have peripheral neuropathy.
Quote examples
Alice Roberts
English Scientist
Our long, flexible lumbar spines are great in many ways - they help us to run efficiently, for instance. But they have their drawbacks. The lumbar vertebrae are under great strain, and as we age, the ligaments that hold the pulpy centres of the intervertebral discs in place dry out.
Quote examples
Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
Four out of the five discs in my lumbar spine are ruptured, herniated fully. Think of a jelly doughnut being squashed, and it hits nerves, causing bilateral sciatica. And I have irreparable sacral damage. And I have peripheral neuropathy.
Example 1 of 2
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