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lum⋅bar

  [luhm-ber, -bahr]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the loin or loins.
–noun
2. a lumbar vertebra, artery, or the like.

Origin:
1650–60; < NL lumbāris. See lumb-, -ar 1
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lum·bar   (lŭm'bər, -bär')   
adj.  Of, near, or situated in the part of the back and sides between the lowest ribs and the pelvis.
n.  A lumbar artery, nerve, vertebra, or part.

[New Latin lumbāris, from Latin lumbus, loin.]
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lumbar 
"pertaining to or situated near the loins," 1656, from Mod.L. lumbaris, from L. lumbus "loin."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lum·bar
Pronunciation: 'l&m-b&r, -"bär
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or constituting the loins or thevertebrae between the thoracic vertebrae and sacrum lumbar region>
2 : of, relating to, or being the abdominal region lying on either side of the umbilical regionand above the corresponding iliac region
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lumbar lum·bar (lŭm'bər, -bär')
adj.
Of, near, or situated in the part of the back and sides between the lowest ribs and the pelvis.

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