Definition of Lumbars

1. lumbar [n] - See also: lumbar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumbars

lumbar quadrate muscle
lumbar radiculopathy
lumbar region
lumbar rheumatism
lumbar rib
lumbar rotator muscles
lumbar segments of spinal cord
lumbar splanchnic nerves
lumbar triangle
lumbar trunks
lumbar vein
lumbar veins
lumbar vertebra
lumbar vertebrae
lumbars (current term)
lumber
lumber jacket
lumber room
lumber yard
lumber yards
lumbered
lumberer
lumberers
lumbering
lumberingly
lumberings
lumberjack
lumberjack breakfast
lumberjack shirt

Literary usage of Lumbars

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"The caudal vertebrae longer than broad, lumbars and caudals with flat ... of some of the lumbars and of the caudals narrow and spinous, and not perforate; ..."

2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1886)
"The 1st and 2nd lumbars in both skeletons were thicker behind than in front. ... In both skeletons both the 4th and 5th lumbars were thicker in front than ..."

3. Revision of the Pelycosauria of North America by Ermine Cowles Case (1907)
"The lumbars are distinguished by the presence of the capitular facet on the side of the anterior articular edge. Between the last dorsal and the first ..."

4. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1872)
"There are two anterior dorsals, three lumbars, and one candal. The articular faces of the dorsals are broad vertical ovals. ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"These vertebrae are to be defined by the fact that they carry ribs, and the first one or two lumbars are often "converted into" dorsals by the appearance of ..."

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