Medical Definition of Lumbar enlargement

1. A spindle-shaped swelling of the spinal cord beginning at the level of the tenth thoracic vertebra and tapering into the medullary cone, with maximum thickness opposite the last thoracic vertebra, consequential to the innervation of the lower limb. Synonym: intumescentia lumbalis, lumbar enlargement of spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumbar Enlargement

lumachels
lumas
lumbaginous
lumbago
lumbagos
lumbal
lumbang
lumbangs
lumbar
lumbar appendicitis
lumbar artery
lumbar branch of iliolumbar artery
lumbar cistern
lumbar cord
lumbar disk removal
lumbar enlargement (current term)
lumbar enlargement of spinal cord
lumbar flexure
lumbar ganglia
lumbar hernia
lumbar iliocostal muscle
lumbar interspinal muscle
lumbar interspinales muscles
lumbar laminectomy
lumbar lymph nodes
lumbar nephrectomy
lumbar nerve
lumbar nerves
lumbar pain
lumbar part of diaphragm

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