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Definition of Lumbar

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones. "Lumbar vertebrae"

Definition of Lumbar

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries.

Definition of Lumbar

1. Adjective. Related to the lower back or loin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lumbar

1. an anatomical part situated near the loins [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lumbar

1. Pertaining to the loins, the part of the back between the thorax and the pelvis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumbar

Literary usage of Lumbar

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"THE lumbar PLEXUS. same disproportion between them and the posterior roots as in the cervical nerves. The roots of these nerves have a vertical direction, ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Lesions of the lumbar, Sacral and Coccygeal Nerves Lesions of the lumbar and ... The posterior branches of the lumbar nerves supply the short and long ..."

3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, Allen Thomson, John G. Cleland (1867)
"Near the spine it sometimes communicates with the first lumbar nerve by means of a ... The anterior divisions of the lumbar nerves increase in size from the ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The lower seven thoracic nerves and the iliohypogastric from the first lumbar nerve supply the skin of the abdominal wall. They run downward and forward ..."

5. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"My object in writing a paper on this topic is to record the result of my experience in the two operations—lumbar and iliac, not inguinal, ..."

6. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"To bring the anterior rami of the lumbar nerves into view, it is necessary to scrape away the ... The first three lumbar nerves, with a part of the fourth, ..."

7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"The branch which appears to spring from the 3rd lumbar root and to pass to the 4th lumbar root, in the figure, is in reality a branch which has its origin ..."

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