lumbar
pronunciation
How to pronounce lumbar in British English:
UK [ˈlʌmbə(r)]
How to pronounce lumbar in American English:
US [ˈlʌmbɚ, -ˌbɑr]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
Word Origin
- lumbar
- lumbar: see loin
- lumbar (adj.)
- "pertaining to or situated near the loins," 1650s, from Modern Latin lumbaris, from Latin lumbus "loin" (see lumbago).
Example
- 1. The surgery took five hours , fusing together several lumbar vertebrae .
- 2. I find it hard to believe that your dream job was sitting in that lumbar assassin of a chair , putting in the hours on a grueling expense report .
- 3. But working on any mobile device in bed for more than an hour without lumbar support , with the neck bent forward too sharply , or with the arms and hands suspended at an awkward angle , is likely to cause aches and pains .
- 4. A lumbar puncture - a needle in the spine - may also be used to check protein levels in the brain , which tend to be higher in alzheimer 's than with frontotemporal dementia .
- 5. Management of acute lumbar disk disease is controversial , if symptoms are produced by bulgin rather than extrusion of the herniated disk , conservative measures , such as bed rest , analgesics , and anti-inflammatory medication , often result in complete resolution of symptoms .